Vocabulary

marriage counseling; marital counseling

(degree of) cleanliness; cleanliness factor

ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!

manager (theatrical company)

recovering one's spirits; rejuvenation; refection

quire (bookbinding); gathering; section; signature

audience (with someone of high standing)

box-shaped; box-type; boxy

open letter

General Epistles (James, Peter, Jude, John); Catholic Epistles; General Letters

be absorbed in deep thought; be sunk in thought

to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

(not) even for a moment; (not) for an instant

granule cell

home cooking; eating at home

promotional model (e.g. at a trade show); booth babe

promotional model (e.g. at a trade show); booth babe

companion plants

companion plants

lady's companion (paid female companion of a wealthy or high-ranking woman, esp. in Victorian England)

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

pantsuit; women's suit

bed bath; sponge bath; blanket bath; toilet

height of a beam; beam as measured from top to bottom

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes

unwanted hair; superfluous hair

to speak metaphorically; to use a figure of speech

apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do

panty lines; visual panty line; VPL

panty girdle; panty corset

brain surgery; brain operation; neurosurgery

to be eloquent; to have a way with words

body drop (judo); body throw

Sub-Saharan Africa

extremely; terrifically; super

to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)

Japanese-style writing desk

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes