good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
just the other day; quite recently
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
much less; to say nothing of
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
fourth day of the month; four days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
first thing in the morning
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
want to ... do something; would like to ...
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
great difference; major mistake