activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to badger; to pester; to beg
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
nostalgia for the good old days; taste for the past; retro tastes
calamity; disaster; accident
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
latter half of one's life
friction; discord; strife
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
(divine) providence; dispensation
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
dispute; argument; contention
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
and so; therefore; for that reason
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
school; school building; schoolhouse
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
few decades; many decades; several decades
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
euphoric mood; exuberant mood
January; first month of the lunar calendar
(for the) first time in one's life