exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
convenient; handy; useful
the other day; a few days ago
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
sales promotion; hard selling
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
you (plural); all of you; you all
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
odds and ends; all; every
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling