threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
support; backing; aid; assistance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
using the strongest words possible
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
episode; anecdote; vignette
aforementioned; above-mentioned
group; bunch; crowd; group
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
originally; by nature; from the start