even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
how; in what way; by what means
connection; link; relationship
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to be at a loss for words
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
appearance; air; condition; state; form
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
to relax; to feel at home
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
without sparing time for sleep
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
now that; since; so long as; because
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know