junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
beyond this point; from now on; after this
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
memory; sense; experience
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
older person with more life experience
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
cannot be compared with; no match for
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing