wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
ready-made; common-law (wife)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
for the first time in one's life
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
suffering (from a calamity); affliction
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
collection of books; (personal) library
up until now; as recently as the present
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
indirection; indirectness
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
published book; printed book
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying