friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
very much; very many; more and more
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
fate; chance; relationship; tie
job hunting; job searching
professor; teaching; instruction
recommendation; referral; endorsement
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
license; licence; permission; driver's license
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
strong opposition; vehement opposition
motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
splish-splash; with a splash
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to publish a book; to put out a book
after a long time; for the first time in a while
tap; faucet; tap (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean