learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
being very popular; being in great demand
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
to increase in value; to gain prestige
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
study; pursuit of knowledge
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
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.)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
that is to say; so that means
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
rather; better; instead; if anything
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
only recently; just of late
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
previous generation; former ages
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
school; school building; schoolhouse