first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
word; term; language; speech
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to accept; to receive; to agree
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be softened; to calm down
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
honorific/polite/humble prefix