application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
interview (e.g. for a job)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to call together; to convene
major cleanup; spring cleaning
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
homecoming; return to one's home
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
one by one; one each; one at a time
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
penny (monetary unit); pence
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
yellowish; tinged with yellow
limbs; arms and legs; body
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to be bony; to be angular
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth