whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
party; set; gang; company; person
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to push aside; to brush aside
health; healthy; sound; fit
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
patience; endurance; perseverance
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
killing two birds with one stone
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal
negative emotions; negative feelings
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
Barre; Barry (UK); Valley
regular customer; valued client
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how many people; a number of people
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good