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
different opinion; objection
seeing one off; farewell; escort
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
the relation of master to servant
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
at a loss for words; stumped for words
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
mature in age and wisdom; middle-aged
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
senior; elder; person older than oneself
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook
to spend time (on doing something)
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
exclusive; attached to; specialist
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
having said that; be that as it may
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
to give directions; to issue instructions