good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
buffet; self-service meal
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to attract interest; to capture attention
inspector general; commissioner
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
heap; pile; stack; full measure
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
to spend time (on doing something)
settlement; permanent residency
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
biological child; one's own child
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
active; dynamic; energetic
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)