braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
thick soles; thick-soled footwear
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
second half of the (fiscal) year
business results; business performance
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
to divide into three (parts); to trisect
deluxe; digital transformation
whole company; all the companies
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
outer; outerwear; overgarment
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
record of a person's words and deeds
blow; shock; strike; batting
being open but having virtually no business
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends