execution; punishment; spanking
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
with a patting motion; lightly (tapping); (sticking) fast; firmly; sloshing (liquid); swaying
lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies; babbling (of a baby); babble
sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
grand; luxurious; great; large; (arch.) very; (arch.) greatly
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
program (e.g. TV); programme
Non-alcoholic mixed drink
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to decorate; to prettify; to attach a decorative sticker, cover, bauble, etc. to a cell phone, notebook, slippers, etc.
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
drink money; drinking money
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
quick work; (clever) feat
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.