regret; repentance; remorse
thorough; exhaustive; complete
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
society; the world; the times
writing; composition; essay; sentence
pupil; student; schoolchild
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
single-mother household; fatherless family
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
rice and curry; curry rice
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
fish-based cooking; fish dish
many people; a large number of people
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
one parent; single parent
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to grow up; to become an adult
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
to be badly made; to fail
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off