promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
of course; certainly; naturally
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
how; in what way; how about; questionable
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
letter; missive; note; mail
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to fall ill; to be taken ill
trivial; not amounting to much
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; season; period; phase; stage
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
regret; repentance; remorse
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)