the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
way (of doing); manner; method; means
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
reopening; resumption; restarting
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
compliance (with laws and ordinances)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
individual; private person; personal; private
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to crouch; to squat; to cower
had better ...; had better not ...
income; receipts; revenue
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
rather; sooner; preferably
tone (of voice); manner of talking
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer