to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
licensed chef; qualified cook
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
pupil; student; schoolchild
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to await; to wait for; to expect
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
regret; repentance; remorse
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
schoolgirl; female student
unit; (small) group (esp. in music or entertainment); band
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
part-time employer; place where one works part-time