local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
menu; schedule; program; menu
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
story; tale; talk; discussion
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
Ireland (country); Republic of Ireland; Éire; Ireland (island)
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
legend; folklore; tradition
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
folklore studies; folkloristics
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
since then; from that time; ever since
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
technical book; specialized book; treatise
research; study; investigation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to stare back at; to look back at
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time