creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
seat at a table; place at a table
plenary session; general meeting; plenum
thick soles; thick-soled footwear
homecoming; returning home
parental authority; parental rights; custody
way of talking; speaking style
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
egosearching; egosurfing; self-googling
person around forty years old (esp. a woman)
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
spending the night in a car, train, bus, etc.; car camping
man of the future; Homo futurus
formative experience (from one's youth)
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
with tears in one's eyes; on the verge of tears; with teary eyes; with a hint of moisture; slightly moistly; with emerging sheen
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
implantation (of an embryo)
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through