to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre
things to note; matters that require attention; important points; considerations; precautions; suggestions
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
follow-up report; further news
preliminary step; first step
small number; few; minority
quiet; still; surreptitious
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
internal conditions; true state of affairs
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
frequency (of occurrence)
slight; little; insignificant
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
shades of evening; dead of night
to go past; to pass; to pass by
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated