recess; break; breathing spell
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
biological younger sister
pleased to make your acquaintance
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
heavy smoker; habitual smoker; person who loves smoking; tobacco lover
politeness; good manners; courtesy; (wine) label
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
marking; grading; scoring
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
good news; happy news; glad tidings
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
prescreen; pre-screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
high mountain; alpine mountain
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to join forces; to cooperate