fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
preparations for returning (home)
parental love or affection
way of the sword; swordsmanship
sensual love; love affair
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
to breathe out; to exhale
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to get between; to be caught in
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
untouched; unused; intact
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
openhearted; frank; broad-minded