clientele; customer stratum
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
few decades; many decades; several decades
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
warm and snug; soft and comfortable
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
but; however; provided that
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
around the clock; day and night
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
schedule; program; programme; agenda
taste; palate; sense of taste
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently