home area; home town; local
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
my husband; one's family; family member
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
incident; affair; happening; event
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
answering machine; answerphone
talk about divorce or separation
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
restoration; repair; mending
ago; since; before; previous
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
that's the way it is; such is life
failure; mistake; blunder
to show up; to appear; to turn up
digital voice recorder; field recorder
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
one thin flat object; one sheet
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
like this; in this way; as you see