impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
letter; missive; note; mail
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
slightly early; just before
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to pick up; to find; to gather
your husband; her husband
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
journal; magazine; periodical
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
chemical experiment; chemistry experiment
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
indeed; really; truly; very much
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively