child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
because of; owing to; due to
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
such; this sort of; like this
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
settlement; solution; resolution
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
failure; mistake; blunder
understanding person; supporter
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
skim reading; skipping through text
vague recollection; faint memory
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to run about; to rush about
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
descendant; posterity; offspring
to distribute; to hand out
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end