to be pregnant; to be with child
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
France; French (language)
non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
stranger; person from abroad
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
outside the city area; suburbs
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
athletic meet (esp. at primary school); sports day; field day
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
general election (of the lower house)
private funds; own funds; private property
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
hope of success; prospects of success
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
a few years ago; some years back
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
slight; insignificant; small
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance