tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
to sell off; to sell completely
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to complain; to make a complaint
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
breath; breathing; bracelet
supporting each other after suffering similar hardships; (lit.) licking each other's wounds
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to support each other; to support one another
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to think too much; to be over-concerned