The Big Apple (nickname for New York City)
chasing one another; playing tag
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
illustrated diary; picture diary
mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
family vacation; family trip
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
spirit world; underworld; the next world
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
machine parts; machinery; equipment
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)