embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
junior high school student; middle school pupil
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
society; the world; the times
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
silent phone call (form of harassment)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
number-withheld phone calls
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection