recommendation; endorsement
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
and then; and so; and; so then
club activities; extracurricular activities
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
sense of values; values; value system
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
near; nearby; not far off
cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
close; intimate; on good terms
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to add (to); to add on; to append
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
being too late; losing one's final chance
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care