backup dancer; background dancer
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
(period of) a year; during an era
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
had better ...; had better not ...
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
refreshment booth; refreshment stand; snack bar
traditional; conventional
prohibition; inhibition; ban
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
estimate (of costs); budget
including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly