primary school; elementary school; grade school
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
hello; good day; good afternoon
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
dozens; scores of; decades
journey; route of a journey
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
student in a lower grade; underclassman
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
it's probably so; it stands to reason
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
one's whole heart; everything one feels
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing