dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
boy; son; baby boy; young man
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to do for (the sake of someone else)
courteous; decorous; polite
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
success; prosperity; boom
every year; yearly; annually
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
food stand; food stall; branch store
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
customer traffic; customers; custom
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
wide difference; a world of difference
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown