congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
function; facility; faculty; feature
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
to begin to walk; to set out
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
saving electricity; power saving; reducing electricity usage; reducing power consumption
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
several years; a few years
interior design; interior; upholstery
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
feeling of a house or a room
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
the same generation; coeval
female high school student
class; heading; group; category
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones