growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
study; research; investigation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
taste; palate; sense of taste
sense of smell; olfaction
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry