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for now; for the time being; temporarily

to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing

well-fitting (of clothes)

fluorescent screen; TV screen

hail; hailstone

swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem

reason; sense

twists and turns; vicissitude; complication

it goes without saying; it is self-evident; (idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident

used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)

to shield; to harbor; to cover up

an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune

reconciled; smooth

to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb

to complete a construction project

male and female

to make an exception

rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

village; township

regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged

fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc

to load or unload; to transfer; to assemble and disassemble

to rust; to grow rusty; to corrode

to expand

not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place

bitter cold; severe winter

to revere; to venerate; high esteem

to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation

to try hard to; to strive to

casual conversation; chat; gossip

to affix a seal; to stamp (a document); to sign off on sth

deferential; respectful

to consign (goods); to check through (baggage)

spittle; saliva

to adjust; to balance; to make up a medical prescription

enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment

fragmentary; random; bits and pieces

warship; naval vessel

arrangement; order; tidiness

to wave; to flutter; to fly

native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language

piece of writing submitted for publication; manuscript; article

to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries

prestige

to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence

(geography) basin; depression

to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts

to shelter; to shelter from

the daily life of a family

unfamiliar; strange; out of practice