home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
being too late; losing one's final chance
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
accountability; being held accountable
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
pressure of business; busy
office job; clerical work
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
love story; romance; love affair
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
extremely hot day; day on which the temperature rises above 35 degrees Celsius (official definition)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
difficult to ...; hard to ...