small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Genovese (sauce); Genoan; Genoese; Genovese
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
immediately; right away; on the spot
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
near; close; beside; third person
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
the way back; the way home; return trip
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to run through; to run past
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly