imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
married woman; another's wife
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
smooth (i.e. without problems)
missing person; wanted person
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
trouble; bother; annoyance
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
consideration; taking into account
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
heap; pile; stack; full measure
dry Japanese confectionery; dry Japanese sweets
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to grow up; to become an adult