old couple; elderly couple
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to turn right; to turn to the right
clientele; customer stratum
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
great hurry; great haste; rush
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
winter vacation; winter holidays
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
looking pale; looking unwell
New Year's Eve; December 31
European pear (Pyrus communis)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering
an assortment; combination
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread