year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
hairdresser; hairdressing
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
chief; main; principal; important
control; management (e.g. of a business)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
that is to say; so that means
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to be smeared; to be covered
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to pass (of time); to elapse
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...