packing; crating; packaging
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
Darwin (Australia); Darwin (Charles)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
bitter (flavor); bitter (type of beer)
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
father; dad; husband; you; he
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale