preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
bridal costume; wedding dress
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
both; both sides; both parties
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
just because; even if; even though
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
chair; stool; post; office; position
to be reflected in a mirror
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
main bedroom; master bedroom
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
even if not; even without
at least; at most; (even) just
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)