heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
quarrel; dispute; argument
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
votive picture (originally of horse)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to harm; to cause harm to
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
amount of light; quantity of light
easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance