fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
going around; patrol; round; tour
orphan; person without friends
one parent; single parent
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
point of compromise; common ground
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
secondary sex characteristic
to grow up; to become an adult
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
optimization; optimisation
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
surveillance system; monitoring system