help; assistance; service
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
being very busy; busyness
looking and listening; (television) viewing; (public) attention; interest; (signal) reception
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)
convenience; user-friendliness
leisure; leisure time; spare time
summer vacation; summer holiday
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
year-end and New Year holidays (e.g. from December 29 to January 3)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
long ago; previous; of a former age
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to turn against; to become an enemy
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough