losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
pupil; student; schoolchild
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
environment; surroundings; circumstances
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
to do together; to share; to participate in
to have a meal; to take a meal
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
smooth (i.e. without problems)
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
minority group (party); minority
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
affable; sociable; friendly
little by little; bit by bit
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour