close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
self-analysis; autoanalysis
progress; advance; improvement; development
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
opinion; point of view; visual point
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
maintenance; preservation; improvement
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
settlement; conclusion; summary
excursion; field trip; school trip
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
many people; a large number of people
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
leaving; quitting; retiring
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
emotional scars; mental trauma
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder