house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to become lukewarm; to become tepid
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
impossible to do (although wants to)
according to one's abilities; appropriate; reasonable
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; (lit.) don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
talk about various topics
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
life-and-death matter; an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
metal plate; metallic plate
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout