personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to pay attention; to be watchful
periodic; regular; routine
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to go with the flow; to go with the times
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
first 10 days of the month
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
absence; disregard; indifference
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off