ceremony; rite; ritual; service
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
sprouts; new shoots; young buds
carving; engraving; sculpture
feel (of a material); texture
leather strap; thong; leash
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
affectation; showiness; pretence
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
slim; slender; slight; delicate
nape (of the neck); nucha
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
long ago; already; a long time ago
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
physical condition; state of health
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to behave well (of a child)
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate