how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
such; like that; that sort of
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
now; the present time; just now; another; more
time; season; period; phase; stage
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to feel depressed; to be down
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
on the occasion of; at the time of
to close (one's eyes); to shut
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around