unnatural; affected; studied; forced
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
ex-husband; former husband
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to pick a fight; to find fault
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
in great amount; considerably; substantially; quite
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to mourn over the death of
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
addition; adding; supplement
surely; certainly; without doubt
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
lump together; put all together
difference; disparity; gap
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
something; some kind of; for some reason
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
hard worker; hardworking person
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right