beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
two times; twice; two degrees
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
no-good woman; (female) loser
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
racewalking; race walking; walking race
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
recreation; diversion; relaxation
returnee; homecomer; person who has returned (home) to their country
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...