tentative reservation; tentative booking
mobile home; trailer house; house trailer
pattern maker (for clothing); fashion designer
video letter (message sent by video)
waiting list (waiting for a cancellation)
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
stand-up work; work performed standing
skateboard; skateboarding
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
temporary retirement; suspension from office
protective instinct; defensive instinct
literal translation; direct translation
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
ward office; council (regional)
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
cancellation of a contract
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
my husband; one's family; family member
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
answering machine; answer phone
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
vocational school; technical school
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week