above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
even if; even though; however; no matter how
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
alone; by oneself; on one's own
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
tide; current; tendency; trend
objection; dissent; protest
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
senior high school; high school
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
tension; mental strain; nervousness
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one