battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to go with the flow; to go with the times
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
first 10 days of the month
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
absence; disregard; indifference
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check