young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; female; feminine gender
ago; since; before; previous
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
in comparison to; rather than
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study