belongings; appendage; accessory
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
late at night; at a late hour
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
to affect; to impact; to influence
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of
cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
chain; series; connection; linkage
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)
wet dream; nocturnal emission
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
to squeeze out; to wring out
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
to speak through the nose; to nasalize