primary school; elementary school; grade school
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to be able to manage somehow or another
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
alone; by oneself; on one's own
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
originally; by nature; from the start
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
than; from; out of; except; but; more
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
study; diligence; discount; reduction
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to have a talk; to tell a story
a little tight; a little snug; a little strong; a little harsh
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
boy; son; baby boy; young man
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so