spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
bunch of flowers; bouquet
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
other than; excluding; without
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
for use by adults; for adults
wet nurse; nursing mother
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy