to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
foster father; adoptive father
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
how long; how far; how much
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
with these words; while saying
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
after that (a substantive change occurred)
almost every day; almost daily
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
reading matter; reading material
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
to frolic about; to mess around
rest; break; recess; intermission
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing