to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
preparatory phase; preparatory period
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to concern; to be related
older sister; elder sister
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
each time it happens; at all such times
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect