(in spite of) being old enough to know better
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
alternative school; free school
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
truancy; school non-attendance
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
perfect; complete; flawless
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy