to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
being too late; losing one's final chance
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
mental health; mental illnesses
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
opening a business; opening a practice
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to grow up; to become an adult
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
instability; insecurity; crankiness
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
curse; spell; malediction
health; healthy; sound; fit
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
every evening; night after night
beyond that point; after that
frankly; honestly speaking; speaking one's mind and holding nothing back; really; extremely
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
intelligence quotient; IQ
older sister; elder sister
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
indicate reason; infers some protest
sex life; sexual activities