corridor; hallway; passageway
deep inside; innermost place
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
brown; light brown; tawny
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
4th day of the month; four days
5th day of the month; five days
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
order; sequence; procedure
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
support; backing; patronage
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
just because; even if; even though
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times