living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
one's own style; self-taught manner
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
in person; personally; directly
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to shout (in anger); to yell
self-consciousness; self-awareness
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone