evening meal; dinner; supper
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
while; even though; despite
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
being in love with each other
order; sequence; procedure
many; numerous; various; large number of
to understand; to make out
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
homecoming; returning home
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
colouring; coloring; colorant
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to manifest itself; to manifest oneself
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
senior high school; high school
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
preparation; arrangements