father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
advertiser; advertising sponsor
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
duty; obligation; responsibility
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
company; corporation; workplace
section manager; section chief
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
contest; comparison; competition
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to be infected; to be contagious
growth (to maturity); being brought up; growing up; raising
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
fate; destiny; predestination
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
several years; a few years
8000; eight thousand; many
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
just because; even if; even though