warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
bolt from the blue; great surprise
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
cold brew (coffee, tea, etc.); infusing in cold water
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
sixth day of the month; six days
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
third grade; third class; tertiary
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to sell off; to sell completely
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
frequency (of appearance)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
totally willing; fully motivated
to be saved up (of money)
last night; yesterday evening