evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
slope; slanting surface; bevel
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
import; importation; introduction; afferent
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
genuine article; real thing; real deal
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
changing clothes; change of clothes
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
hot topic; talk of the town
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
loveable; very likeable; like very much
in a sense; in some way; to an extent