build; physique; frame; constitution
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
to correct oneself; to restate
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
tall figure; high stature
to tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to think alike; to get along
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to give a broad grin; to smirk
stomach ache; abdominal pain
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
nonchalant air; unruffled air
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)