if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
all over; all over the place; everywhere
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
playful age; heyday of youth
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
insecticide; insect repellent
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings
box-shaped (horse-drawn) carriage
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
to rush over; to run up to
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
even if ...; even supposing that ...
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué