serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
new student; freshman; first-year student
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
episode; anecdote; vignette
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
opinion; point of view; visual point
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
creation; generation; formation; derivation
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
several times; several degrees
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
the whole day; all the day
(not) even once; (not) ever
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
like this; this sort; this way
infant; baby; little child
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
how many years; how long; what year
simply; merely; only; solely
shopping; purchased goods
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking