perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
have a good day; take care; see you
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
what do you want?; can I help you?
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
manner of using one's hands
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
no!; no no!; no, not at all
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
start of work; commencement; opening
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to carry; to bring (to a place)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match