childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
outer; outerwear; overgarment
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo