to put one's strength into
book; volume; this; present; main; head
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
birds of a feather flock together
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
not limited to; not just ...
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
weighting (in averaging); aggravation
beyond imagination; unimaginable
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts
to laugh away; to laugh off
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
short pause; short interval
to tell (somebody) to (do something)