to feel; to sense; to experience
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
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consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to be helpful; to be useful
to live; to make a living; to get on with
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
ago; since; before; previous
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
to repeat; to do something over again
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
early on; earlier on; from early
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter