management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
how long; how far; how much
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
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
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
courteous; decorous; polite
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
animated TV show; cartoon
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
yearbook; almanac; annual
imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner
one-by-one; separately; in detail