declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
piece; fragment; one (object)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
flap (of an aircraft wing)
to be photographed; to be projected
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult
business; trade; operations; sales
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to bawl; to cry; to scream
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
generation; the world; the age
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
kitchen with a small counter for eating, usu. allowing a view into the living and dining rooms
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
general idea; concept; notion
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to walk around; to travel around
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
flour; meal; powder; dust
to put into the mouth; to eat