difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
being dotted with; being scattered
systematisation; systematization
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
urban areas; the streets; town; city
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to some extent; to a certain extent
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
private tutor; coach; governess
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
environment; circumstance