platform; home; home base; home plate
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
have to do; must; should; ought to
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard; rough draft
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
scene; sight; scenario; setting
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
photography; taking photographs
Haltman; Hartman; Hartmann
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
activity; briskness; prosperity
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
some book; book about that subject; books
demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity
admiration; being impressed (by)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
suddenly; all of a sudden
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together