kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
sleeping together in a huddle
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
throughout; all through; right through
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
out of one's line; out of one's field
to set a watch; to post guards
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order