puberty; adolescence; youth
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
secret; private; surreptitious
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
reason; cause; circumstances
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
of course; certainly; naturally
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
tide; current; tendency; trend
firmly rooted; deep-seated
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
now that; since; so long as; because
drama; theatre; theater; play
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
dice; die; baton (of command)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid