even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
many; much; plenty; hardly
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
pendant (jewelry); pendant (light)
ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
dancing or jumping for joy
quality (of a product or a service)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
minimum amount of money; minimum sum
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
frequency (of occurrence)
spot; point; place; position
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
usually; under usual circumstances
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to shave off; to scrape off
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
bathing; going in the bath
pleasant sleep; good sleep; sleeping well
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
without permission; without notice
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
sounding each other out; probing each other
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture