where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
important post; important office; key position
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
ignorant of the ways of the world
intropunitive; self-punishing
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to be worried; to be troubled
(another's) daughter; young lady
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to come and go; to go back and forth
(physically) disabled; handicapped
feeling of a house or a room
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
none of your business; not your concern
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little