extended leave; long vacation
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
sorry; excuse me; thank you
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
information discovery; disclosure of information
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
whispered conversation; whispering
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
love triangle; eternal triangle
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
to hang (something) on the wall
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
article to be delivered; present
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
to concern; to be related
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
(large) house; residence; mansion
talking while standing; standing around talking
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law