my husband; one's family; family member
postcard; memo; note; card
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
I don't want to boast but
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
article; news story; report; account
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to grow up; to become an adult
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
publication in a new format or binding; special edition
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
hereabouts; around there; that area
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
silence; stillness; quietness
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
this and that; one thing or another; something or other; and whatnot; and the rest
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
self-interest; personal profit
self-interest; selfish desire
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with