to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
MacGuffin (plot device); McGuffin; maguffin
fashion designer; couturier
God's gift; God's blessing; grace of God; godsend
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
knitting; knitted material; crochet
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
vacant house; unoccupied house
unqualified; without qualifications
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny