degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to state; to express; to mention
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
pure heart; naivete; innocence
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
instant; moment; for an instant
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to smile (at); to grin (at)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
calm; composed; cool; quiet
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
while; even though; despite
inside one's heart; in one's mind
preference; priority; precedence
playing the victim; playing the victim card
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
every year; yearly; annually
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
system; institution; organization; organisation
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
conviction; belief; confidence
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
rebellious phase; rebellious age