to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
it's not like; it isn't as if
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to turn towards; to point
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
ordinary citizen; the general public
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
around the clock; day and night
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
don't worry; there's no need to worry
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
to gather; to collect; to assemble
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
overall victory; championship
long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
guidance; leadership; leading the way
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly