official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to badger; to pester; to beg
flustered person; hasty person
to get warm; to become warm
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to reflect; to throw back light
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
the five fingers; leading five; top five
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
love affair; love relationship
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to be infected; to be contagious
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to be kind to; to treat kindly
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)