leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
small fraction; small proportion
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
striking; remarkable; considerable
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
wherein; therein; thereinto
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
hello; good day; good afternoon
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
being about to cry; the verge of tears
and yet; though; when; in spite of
planning; project; plan; design
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
plain; plateau; tableland
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
to be born; to come into the world