fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
rational; reasonable; logical
borrowing without returning
(atmospheric) negative ions (supposedly having positive health effects)
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
to mark the end; to spell the end
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
in deep black; in jet black
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
difficult to eat; unpalatable
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
surrounding at a distance