no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
button (clothing); push-button
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
washing machine (laundry)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
every evening; night after night
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
failure; mistake; blunder
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
for example; for instance; e.g.
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
commuting to school; school commute
ten; 10; ten years of age
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders