being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
look here; I'll tell you what
tempering iron; forging steel; wrought iron
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
child with a (physical or mental) disability; disabled child
uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)
night table; bedside table
health maintenance; health preservation
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
high window; clerestory window
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
what day?; what day of the week?
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
heart attack; to have a heart attack
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of