used paper; paper for recycling
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
fourth day of the month; four days
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
one's family; family member
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
modesty; humility; being humble
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
in a little while; in a bit
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
casual wear; ordinary clothes; everyday clothes; home wear
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
greatest mistake of one's life
drinking and eating too much