mumps; epidemic parotitis
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
fat; tallow; lard; grease
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to look away; to avert one's eyes
dark (color); concentrated; thick
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
being startled; getting a shock
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to burst open; to pop; to split
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
selection; choice; option
to thrust before; to thrust at
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to stare back at; to look back at
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit