foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
reputation; respectability
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
nothing but; none other than
understanding person; supporter
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
either way; in any case; one way or another
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
never ceasing; never ending
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
wherein; therein; thereinto
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
(small crunchy) dried sardines
Peek-a-Boo (boxing style)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
healthy; sound; wholesome
briquette (charcoal or coal)
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion