as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
whispering; murmuring; subdued
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
late at night; at a late hour
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
dark night; moonless night
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
near; nearby; not far off
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
counter for chairs or seats
to provide; to arrange; to install
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to rock; to shake; to swing
as you see; as you can see
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to put one's hand on; to touch
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
preface; introduction; preamble
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine