pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
several weeks; a few weeks
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
having a gentle and sincere personality
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
flustered; confused; panicked
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
reduction by half; halving