the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
at once; immediately; right now
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
ordinary citizen; the general public
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
human relations; personal relationships
to make a copy (of); to copy (down); to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
to look around; to survey
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
near; close by; within reach; familiar
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
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