de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
government office; public office
necessary items; required items; necessary information; required fields (on a form); mandatory fields
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
start of a romance; beginning of love
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
magazine; journal; periodical
number of copies; circulation
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
person's own words; personal story; direct quote
shriek of delight; cry of joy
business; work; operations; service; duties
both; both sides; both parties
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
blank period; window period; interregnum
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
publicity (information) activities; public relations
party; social event; get-together; compas (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
job hunting; job searching
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
company information session
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
unwanted interaction; being a nuisance (to someone); being an annoyance; pestering someone
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
comparatively high; fairly expensive
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)