action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
just the other day; quite recently
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
historic spot; historic remains; ruins
unexpectedly; surprisingly
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
sharing; division; draw; tie
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to jump up and down; to hop
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait