later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum; to fly into a rage
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
can do; may do; be capable of doing
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course