the other day; lately; recently
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to need; to call for; to require
expertise; experience; knowledge
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
still better; even better
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
feeding an infant solely with breast milk (i.e. no formula)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
retrogression; regression
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
to lead someone around by the nose
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback