to change the schedule; to change one's plans
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
there is nothing; having nothing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to dance; to perform dance steps
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to become clear; to be made public
heading; headline; index; headword
to win the prize; to win the ring
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier; newspaper reporter
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
unique; peculiar; singular
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity
dwelling; house; residence; address
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)