empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
to make an appeal; to urge
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
chronological order; time series
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
even if ...; even supposing that ...
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such