appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
personal; individual; private
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to become possible; to become able to (do)
everybody; every last one of them; all
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to do together; to share; to participate in
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
regional cuisine; local cuisine
precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
(one) could even say that
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up