land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
and yet; though; when; in spite of
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
head start; initiative; preemption
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to ask; to enquire; to query
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
to thrust down; to push off
irrepressibly aroused (esp. sexually); stimulated
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
middle of the night; dead of night