returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to like; to love; to be fond of
generation; the world; the age
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
momentum; amount of exercise
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
oversight; omission; mistake
good-quality; superior in quality
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
woman; female; feminine gender
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
one more time; once more; once again
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
good humour (humor); good mood
mystifying; puzzling; perplexing; baffling; bewildering
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
tedious; boring; being fed up with
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
execution; punishment; spanking