the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
at; in; at; when; by; with
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
beginning; clue; starting point
proficient; skilled; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
in the course of one's duties
trivial; not amounting to much
French film; French movie
human relations; personal relationships
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
arts and sciences; liberal arts
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
new print (e.g. film); new edition
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
perfect; complete; flawless
an issue being settled; a case being closed
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
calming down; settling down; quieting down; sedation
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
introductory article; advertisement
elective subject or course
compulsory subject; required subject
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
Le petit prince (by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry); The Little Prince