snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
dealing with; coping with
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
feeling; sense; impression
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to be needed; to be wanted
(another's) daughter; young lady
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to encamp; to take up positions
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
vacant house; unoccupied house
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
at that time; in those days
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to ask; to enquire; to query
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
considerably; fairly; quite