autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
class; heading; group; category
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
outside the country; abroad
to be famous; to be well-known
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
nowhere in particular; just out for a bit; (euph. for) toilet break
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
interference; intervention; meddling
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
dispute; argument; contention
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest