private letter; personal letter; private message; secret correspondence; confidential report
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
long distance relationship
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
single-mother household; fatherless family
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine
ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers; closing a mine; discontinuation of mining
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
take the opportunity to (do something else)
commercialization; commodification; turning (something) into a product
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
garden (esp. with trees); park
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
unrequited love; one-sided love
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
faultless; flawless; perfect; impeccable; unimpeachable; beyond reproach