seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
diplomatic finesse; skill(s) in diplomacy
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to keep away; to keep at a distance
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
to arrive home; to return
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to attack; to assault; to assail
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
to see through; to see the true nature of something
contemplation; meditation
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)