girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
father and mother; parents
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
participant; entrant; player; competitor
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
failure is the mother of success
to be born; to come into this world
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
having not the slightest idea
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding