to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
older sister; elder sister
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
difference; variation; difference
remarkable; striking; obvious
beginning; outset; first; onset
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
home area; home town; local
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
over-fond parent; doting parent
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
number of times; frequency; count
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)