to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
(full) name; family name and given name
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
more than anything; above all else
marriage proposal; courtship
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
the future; future prospects
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
study; library; den; home office; reading room
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to hide; to keep to oneself
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
alone; by oneself; on one's own
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
every single word and phrase; word by word
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
analgesic; painkiller; sedative; tranquilizer (tranquiliser); anodyne
taken by mouth; passed into the body via the mouth; oral
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
one's home; one's humble abode