Christmas Eve; holy night
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
planning; project; plan; design
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
more than usual; especially; particularly
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
honorific/polite/humble prefix
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
feeling; sense; impression
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile