sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
reform; reformation; reorganization
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
Giants (baseball team); Giant (novel, film)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
self-; from (a time or place)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
after that; afterwards; thereafter
does not; can not; will not
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
club activities; extracurricular activities
large family; extended family
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
hey; listen; look here; I say
on the way home from school