before the end of this year
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
carnival (festival held before Lent)
to distribute emergency rice
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
school festival; campus festival
party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (job, concert, play, etc.); celebration party
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
writing (e.g. as a profession)
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
that country; (arch.) nirvana
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk