correction; rectification; mending; repair
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
how; in what way; I wonder
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to step back; to walk backwards
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
dull sound; muffled sound
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
knapsack; rucksack; backpack
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
handheld game console; portable game console
police officer; policeman; policewoman
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
chiffon cake; sponge cake
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to happen to meet; to come across
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
contemplation; meditation
such; like that; in that way
detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable
to grow up; to become an adult
even so; anyhow; at any rate
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly