approximate age; age range
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
vicious circle; vicious cycle
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
memory; ability to remember
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
it's not a problem; it's not a big deal; (person or thing) can be easily beaten or bettered (by one)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment