as always; as ever; though it's always the case
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to sell off; to sell completely
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
inheritance; succession to property
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money