likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
fixed date; appointed day
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to stiffen; to become stiff
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
fourth day of the month; four days
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
matcha; powdered green tea
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning