early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
(study of) psychoanalysis
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
galette (esp. Breton galette)
such; this sort of; like this
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
questions and answers; dialogue
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
werewolf; Werewolf (social deduction game); Mafia
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
The Three Little Pigs (fable)