disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
dismissal (from a position); discharge
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
biological older sister; real elder sister
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
surroundings; environs; circumference
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
method of bringing up; method of raising
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
family; members of a family
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
while; even though; despite
myself; yourself; I; me; you