to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
(someone else's) daughter
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
age range; age-group; age bracket
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
I see; that's right; indeed
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
woman; female; feminine gender
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
comparatively; relatively
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long