to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
after a long time; for the first time in a while
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
school building; schoolhouse
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
youthful; young; young-looking
middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
handmade object; craftwork; handmade
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
(not so) much; (not) very
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
being on duty; person on duty
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order