guardian; protector; patron; parent
to thrust away; to send flying
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
one revolution; one rotation
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
novel; original; new; innovative
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
weather forecast; weather report
day on which the temperature rises above 35°C; extremely hot day
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
walking briskly; determinedly
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
silence (not speaking); muteness
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold