exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
foreign enemy; outside invader
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to come and go; to go back and forth
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
street; quarter; district; area
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
to rush over; to run up to
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
as far as the eye can see
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
descendant; posterity; offspring
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
compensating; making up for; supplementation
form; shape; figure; visage
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to have a smattering knowledge of
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around