disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
rebellious phase; rebellious age
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
recollection; reminiscence
close; intimate; on good terms
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
half the body; half length
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
long ago; already; a long time ago
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
family; members of a family
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be opposite; to face each other
to grow up; to become an adult
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
from the beginning; from scratch
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
cease-fire; truce; armistice
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care