often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to become vulgar; to coarsen
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
to summon; to get used to call
and yet; though; when; in spite of
previous engagement; prior contract
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
this family; we; this house