appliqué (ornamental needlework)
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
step-up; advance; progress; increase
product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
as you see; as you can see
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
four characters; four letters
endless; boundless; everlasting
in the meanwhile; during the time
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
massing (of troops); gathering
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(not) even once; (not) ever
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig