to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
to squeeze out; to wring out
to sink (into); to get depressed
what's what; heads or tails
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
alone; unaided; away from home
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
profitable plan; good plan
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
to feel oneself indebted to
strong-willed; strong of heart
melancholy; gloom; depression
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
guess; conjecture; surmise