liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
dish consisting of fried potatoes, bacon and onion
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
shyness; bashfulness; shame
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
memory; sense; experience
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
husband and wife; married couple
Christoff; Christoph; Christophe; Kristof
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid; rectangular prism
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
long ago; a long time ago; already
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally