to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
job hunting; job searching
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
recommendation; endorsement
family; members of a family
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full
internal organs; intestines; viscera
secret; private; surreptitious
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway