secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
special training; intensive training; crash course
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
height (of body); stature
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to take away; to carry off
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
serious; severe; grave; acute
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less