place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
genius; prodigy; natural gift
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
such; this sort of; like this
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
to move forward; to move on
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
continuation; succession; series
one thin flat object; one sheet
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
difficult to ...; hard to ...
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine