to grow up; to become an adult
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)
in comparison to; rather than
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
consequence; outcome; result; blame
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
because of; owing to; due to
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
life; living; I; me; student
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
to apologize; to apologise
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
answering machine; answerphone
no, not like that (but like this)
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking