in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
socio-environmental studies; life environment studies
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
spine (of book); binding (of book)
top of the head; crown of the head
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
society; the world; the times
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
guardian; protector; patron; parent
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
to read the situation; to sense the mood
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to grow taller (of people)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
and yet; though; when; in spite of
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
honorific/polite/humble prefix
crimping; riveting; fastening; standoff (mechanical fastener); self-clinch hardware