(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
collection of short stories; collected short stories
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
occurrence; happening; incident; event
funny story; funny anecdote
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
another time; some other time
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
have a good day; take care; see you
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
helper; assistant; help; assistance
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
patting; stroking; caressing
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
again; once again; yet again
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly