ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
story; tale; talk; discussion
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
by myself; in person; by oneself
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
due form; official; formality
chasing; metal carving; metal engraving
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to head home; to leave for home
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to resound; to echo; to reverberate