obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
truancy; school non-attendance
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
wild beast; wild animal; brute
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
the way back; the way home; return trip
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to stop walking; to pause
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
stirring; slight movement
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
to pay attention; to be watchful
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
premises search; household search
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
such ... as; or some such
society; the world; the times