to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to explain adequately; to be accountable
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
chimera; chimaera; chimera; chimaera
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
troublesome; annoying; complicated
invitation; introduction; temptation
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
trembling from fear; trembling all over
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)