pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
whole face; all over one's face
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
head over heels; madly (in love)
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to have an erection; to become erect
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
to untangle; to untwine; to get back together (with a former partner)
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something
number of days (times) one has attended
solid foods (as introduced during weaning); weaning food; complementary foods; solids
one-year-old; one year old
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
current student; enrolled student
cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way
and (also); both ... and; as well as