front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
feigned tears; crocodile tears
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
back (of a chair); backrest
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
marriage proposal; marriage talks
social life; social intercourse
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
female high school student
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
very popular; highly favoured
reception room; parlor; parlour
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
you could say; you might say; verging on the
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
the same; the said; likewise
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice