older brother and younger sister
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
stairs; stairway; staircase
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to be opposite; to face each other
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to come and go; to go back and forth
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
cutting in line; queue jumping
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
dispute; argument; contention
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone