reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
about the same; about equal to; close match
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to feel depressed; to be down
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
misfortunes never come singly; when it rains, it pours; adding insult to injury
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
every day and every night
victory celebration party; victory banquet
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
publicity (information) activities; public relations
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
in the same way as; just like
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
fart; gas; wind; worthless thing; insignificant thing
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to pass (of time); to elapse