handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
about when; about what time; how soon
neat and clean; tidy; trim
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
spirit of a true craftsman; artisan spirit; pride in one's craft
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
as if it were about oneself
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
beyond comparison; incomparable
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
that day; the very same day
suffix for familiar person
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
female private parts; female genitals
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
truth is stranger than fiction
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast