near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
spring break; spring vacation
summer vacation; summer holiday
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
one day; (on) a certain day
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
planning; plan; project; arrangements
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to face; to go towards; to head towards
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
separation; living separately; living apart
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
just because; even if; even though
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
curse; spell; malediction
home; household; family; hearth
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)