decision; ruling; award; arbitration
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
one's family (home) background (environment)
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
re-education; retraining; in-service training
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to bail out (water); to scoop out
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
ardent; passionate; vehement
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
whereabout; about where; how much
new building; new construction
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
with a start; with a jump
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
one way or the other; either way
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
weakening; emaciation; decline
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
being up to the person himself
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip