hard worker; hardworking person
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
practical guide; manual; how-to book
technical book; specialized book; treatise
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to have a meal; to take a meal
newcomer; initiate; rookie
close; intimate; on good terms
close; intimate; on good terms
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with