apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
practicality; utility; usefulness
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
waste of time; killing time
maid; helper; help; assistance
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
final scene; the end; finale
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
doing whatever one pleases
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
master; teacher; stable master
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
without permission; without notice
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)