cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
on the way home from school
3rd day of the month; three days
complexion; colour; color; blood red
popular person; favorite; favourite
as you see; as you can see
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
scattered; separated; dispersed
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
jigsaw puzzle; jigsaw; puzzle
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
just who do you think you are?
comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
in public; in company; in the presence of others
easy; simple; there's no way that ...