start; commencement; beginning; initiation
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to feel like; to feel inclined to do