making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
rare; uncommon; not often seen
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to take a breather; to take a break
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
clear solution; clean decision
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
grandfather; male senior-citizen
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
shock therapy; shock treatment
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional
tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book
dinner theater; dinner and a show
to overcharge; to rip off
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
multi-; multi-post; multi-level marketing; pyramid selling; mulch; mulching
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
stopping at; going no further than