homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
clergyman; churchman; clergy
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
speed per second; velocity per second; instant; moment; a few seconds
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
addition; adding; supplement
leave it to me; count on me
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
two colours; two varieties; two types
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (suit)
last night; yesterday evening
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
dining; dining room; meal
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
basket; basketball; basket cloth
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
colon (punctuation); eau de Cologne; colonist; colón (currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador); colon
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to move around; to move about; to get around
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
extreme sadist; very sadistic
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation