plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
during vacation; during the holidays; during one's break; (temporarily) closed; on break
to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to become keen on; to get passionate about
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
being startled; getting a shock
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
Christmas Eve; holy night
viewer; (television) audience
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
handing out flyers; distributing leaflets
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
at the last moment; this late in the game
to be free; to be available
this is why; this means; it is the case that
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
shellfish; seashell; shell
government office; public office
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain