soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to pick up; to find; to gather
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
personal (employee); employed; retained
majority group (party, faction)
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
(in) her way; peculiar to her
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
official announcement; proclamation
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)