winter daphne (Daphne odora)
fertile shoot of field horsetail; wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
partly open; in half bloom
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
sunlight; rays of the Sun
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general