to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
every person; each one; everybody
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
reopening; resumption; restarting
primary school; elementary school; grade school
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
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
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
having said that; on the other hand
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
book; volume; this; present; main; head
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to summon courage; to be brave
to be accustomed to reading
illustration (e.g. book); picture