to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
way one walks; one's walk
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
inattention; absent-mindedness
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
reopening; resumption; restarting
apparent age (of someone); rough age
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
difficult to ...; hard to ...
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to be at a loss for words
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
irritation; annoyance; frustration