disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
the front; honest; upright; decent
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
toasted sandwich; hot sandwich; toastie
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
manners; behavior; behaviour
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker