great debt of gratitude; great obligation
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
something (equipped) with legs; sole of foot; one's manner of walking
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
pleasantly (warm); faintly; lightly; suddenly; unexpectedly; accidentally
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result
gatekeeper; doorman; porter
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
hospitality; treating like a guest
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
little house; my humble home; snail shell
arrogant; haughty; insolent