explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
capacity; volume; capacitance
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
forming; shaping; casting; molding; adult form
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
absorption; suction; attraction
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
school building; schoolhouse
wherein; therein; thereinto
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to look down on; to condescend
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...