to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to play around; to gallivant about
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; uplifting; upbeat
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to taste; to try (food or drink)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to make a vow; to take an oath
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around