to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
pragmatism; functionalism; practicality; being intended for practical purposes
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
setting off (on a trip); departure
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
number of persons; personnel
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
financial power; financial means; wealth
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
it's been a long time; long time no see
later on; eventually; afterwards
guidance; protective custody
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride