yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
boasting of one's hometown
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to add; to write a postscript
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
La Boheme (opera by Puccini)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
lyrics; lyric (poetry); lyrical
had better ...; had better not ...
just like; the same as; no different than
to come to an end; to close the curtain
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
comfort; consolation; diversion