leadership; initiative; spearhead
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
orphan; person without friends
to pick up; to find; to gather
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to put one's strength into
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
at that time; in those days
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
contract; compact; agreement
riskiness; (level of) danger
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health