story; tale; talk; discussion
living room (Western style); sitting room
to begin talking; to open up
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
conviction; belief; confidence
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes