administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to go out and away; to leave
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
on bad terms; at loggerheads
(religious) faith; belief; creed
the opposite sex; isomerism
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
around the clock; day and night
straight-laced person; stubborn person
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
changing clothes; change of clothes
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
meditation; contemplation
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
gentle; mild; meek; tender