guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
junior high school student; middle school pupil
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
relatively; comparatively
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
(not) even once; (not) ever
to do for (the sake of someone else)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed