illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to be born; to come into this world
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
older brother; elder brother
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
good-for-nothing; worthless
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
one day; (on) a certain day
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
of tender years; very young
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to happen to have on hand or in stock
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
without eating or drinking