(air or sea) route; course; line; run
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
financial power; financial means; wealth
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
(written) invitation; letter of invitation
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
overtime fraud; reporting false overtime hours
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal; snow shovel; snow plow; snow plough
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)
couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship
verbal promise; one's word
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
sweet voice; seductive voice
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
conifer; needle-leaved tree