to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
every station; local train; train that stops at every station
ordinary train; slow train
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
society; the world; the times
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
society; public; community; social studies
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
food and drink; eating and drinking
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
care; precaution; guarding; caution
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
with a start; with a jump
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
conversely; on the contrary
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
how; in what way; circumstances
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
obliging person; person who likes looking after others