power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
eating between meals; snacking
colour; color; hue; tints
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
manners; behavior; behaviour
your husband; her husband
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
indirection; indirectness
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
horizon (related to bodies of water)
sea level; (surface of) sea
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain