scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
welcome; (warm) reception
the times; the world; society
tide; current; tendency; trend
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
human relations; personal relationships
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child
companion; partner; spouse
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
close; intimate; on good terms
uninhabited island; desert island
to move (house); to change residence
tolerance; broad-mindedness
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
pack of lies; complete fabrication; all lies
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
don't worry about it; forget about it
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)