guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
medical examination; checkup; consultation
casual speech; peer language; informal language
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
public hall; community center; community centre
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
studying very hard; studying like mad
qualifications; requirements; capabilities