important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book
older sister; elder sister
both; both sides; both parties
indicate reason; infers some protest
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
such a thing; something like that
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to rest one's chin in one's hands
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
some people; a few people; several people
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
professor; teaching; instruction
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize