how many months?; how long?
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
forest service field office
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
pre-war days; before the war
aging; wearing out; deterioration
closing of a school; closed school
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
street in front of station
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
results; record; grades; marks
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to give rein to (imagination)
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
sense of values; values; value system
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together