provisional; temporary; tentative
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
homekeeping; housekeeping; housewifery
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
word game; wordplay; playing with words
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
to congratulate; to celebrate
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
transactions; dealings; business
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
how can (one) do something
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
biological younger sister
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
heart; guts; nerve; central part
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving