very; greatly; exceedingly
two times; twice; two degrees
counter for chairs or seats
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
business world; business circles; (the) industry
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
from the viewpoint of; according to
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
even if; even though; however; no matter how
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
self-consciousness; self-awareness
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to refer to; to use as reference
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
since one was born; (in) all one's life
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
index finger; forefinger; second toe