tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
wrapped offering (of money)
explanation; interpretation
love story; romance; love affair
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to grant permission; to give permission
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
disadvantageous; long (odds)
orders; instructions; directive; command
waiting list (waiting for a cancellation)
courtesy call; courtesy visit
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
grandfather; male senior-citizen
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
by chance; coincidentally; as it happens
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
powerful medicine; strong poison
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that