religious painting; religious picture
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
very much; very many; more and more
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
soon; shortly; before long
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to lay aside; to set aside
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
welcome; (warm) reception
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
(hand) towel; handkerchief; paper tissue; napkin; serviette
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to wrap up (in); to roll up (in); to tuck (up)
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping