neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
author; writer; novelist; artist
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
changing the subject; on a different note; by the way
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
of no interest; not interested
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
the same (age, social status); peer
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike