until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
learning from observing others
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
most favorite; in high favor
to be shrouded in mist; to be enveloped in fog
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
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
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
to grant permission; to give permission
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
disadvantageous; long (odds)
order; directive; instructions; command
waiting for a cancellation; being on standby; being on a waiting list
courtesy call; courtesy visit
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
increase in production; production increase
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
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; old man
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; feeling exhausted; feeling drained