to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
cut; reduction; curtailment
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
presumption; assumption; estimation
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
another school; other schools
straightforwardly; being outspoken
animation; animated film; animated cartoon
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
being somewhat excited (agitated)
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
rear guard; reserve troops
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited