gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
eccentric; crank; oddball
a little bit; a little while
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
difficult to ...; hard to ...
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
the other day; a few days ago
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)