to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
vehement objection; bitter opposition
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
stupid girl; stupid woman
(complaining about) this and that; one thing or another
felony; major offence; felon; old offender
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to age; to get old; to be too grown-up (for one's age); to be precocious; to become twisted; to become warped
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
re-education; retraining; in-service training
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
midsummer; height of summer
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
to die; to lay down life's burden
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
white horse; unrefined sake
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
human resources; man-power resources
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
to support each other; to support one another
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
stocking up (on); hoarding
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)