morning person; early bird; lark
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
telephone appointment; arranging meetings and appointments in advance by phone; cold-calling to get potential customers to agree to meet a salesman; carrying out market surveys by phone
paternal rights; father's right of control as head of the household
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
Chardonnay (wine grape variety)
black humor (humour); dark humor; gallows humor
shopaholic; compulsive buying; shopaholicism
self-study; self-teaching
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
puberty; adolescence; youth
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
travel planning; travel plans
night table; bedside table
person of culture; educated person; highbrow
installation; setting; fitting; mounting
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
return slot (for coins in a vending machine); drop-off point (for dirty dishes at a restaurant)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
legal office; law office; legal department
to be expensive; to be costly
careful reading; close reading; intensive reading
fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness
delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza
pensive; meditative; wistful
having worldly wisdom; worldly person; cosmopolitan
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards