left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to understand; to make out
precocity; early ripening; premature development
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
just because; even if; even though
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat