to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
interference; intervention; meddling
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
bedroom; (woman's) bedchamber; pillow talk
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
expression of love; showing love
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
one example of (when there are more examples)
that is to say; so that means
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
wise man; philosopher; sage
to hide; to keep to oneself
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
representative; exemplary; model
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
having not the slightest idea
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
everyday life; daily life