casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
time; season; period; phase; stage
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
last week; the week before
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but