good news; glad tidings; gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ)
nesting hole; burrow; den
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
control board; control panel; console
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
to overflow from something full
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
pattern; example; model; paragon; mirror
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
age thirty; one's thirties
sorry to bother you, but ...
chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
spider's thread; spider silk
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
trial product; prototype model
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
I don't know; I don't understand
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
it is not everything to ...
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to put one's life on the line