precocity; early ripening; premature development
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
reading too much into things
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
one-by-one; separately; in detail
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
how much; how many; to what extent
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
identifying (something as being the same as something else); identification (e.g. of a suspect)
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
priority; order of precedence
in the morning; during the morning
to make a note (of); to take a note (of)
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
inside one's heart; in one's mind
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
depending on; dependent on
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
in name only; titular; nominal
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
only; merely; but; no more than
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
two rooms and a combination dining-kitchen
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
clearly; distinctly; vividly