to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
wearing one's hair in braids
wasteful person; spendthrift
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
economical; efficient; lean; compact
to talk (a person) down; to confute
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
clanging; empty; deserted
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
to strike out; to start swimming
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
precondition; prerequisite
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
the more one looks (at it) the more...
both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting
provisional; temporary; tentative
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
fee; charge; rate; material
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
prohibition; inhibition; ban
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
self-defense; self-defence
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
program (e.g. TV); programme
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork