tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
store interior; inside of a shop
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
sweet and sour; bittersweet
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be worried; to be troubled
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to degenerate; to lapse into
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to detain; to check; to restrain
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
at once; immediately; right now
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted