to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
stimulating; exciting; provocative
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
schoolgirl; female student
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
tight skirt; straight skirt
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)