as a child; when one was a child; childhood
writing (e.g. as a profession)
article; news story; report; account
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
flying bird; soaring bird
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
place; room; margin; scope
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
supply; supplying; replenishment
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding