detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
senior high school student
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
close; intimate; on good terms
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
practice; practising; training; study
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to be found; to be discovered
Gone with the Wind (1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, film 1939)
yellowish; tinged with yellow
surname; family name; last name
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of