washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to handle (a thing) roughly
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
by sheer strength; by brute force
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to make (a person) pay for (something)
Belden (electronics company)
closing of a school; closed school
having said that; on the other hand
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
mental; spiritual; emotional
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
self control; self restraint
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless