programme; program; plans; arrangements
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
good-for-nothing; worthless
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
home and abroad; domestic and foreign; inside and outside; interior and exterior
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
inconstant; unchastity; unprincipled
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
new building; new construction
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
legal; lawful; legitimate
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
last night; yesterday evening
reinforcement; strengthening
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)