incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
application; request; petition
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
whenever you want; any time you like
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
one more time; once more; once again
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be transparent; to show through
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to detain; to check; to restrain
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to thrust away; to send flying
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to think constantly about; to dwell on
second-year student; biennial
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
pull; patronage; tug; discount
mistress; kept woman; concubine
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely