handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to head home; to leave for home
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
(temporary) closure of school
risky; dangerous; insecure
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
expectation; anticipation; forecast
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
peace; peace sign; V sign
ideal weather for an outing
busiest and most profitable business period; peak season
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to approach; to draw near
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
with a collapse; with a slump
oak; orc (fictional humanoid creature); ork
solid wood (as opposed to veneer); natural wood
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
apologies for the crude food
for work; in a manner related to work
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary