momentum; amount of exercise
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
beyond this point; from now on; after this
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
eating between meals; snacking
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
growth period; growing season
in proportion to; just as much as
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...