astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
long time; long interval; for quite some time
bunch of flowers; bouquet
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying