failure; mistake; blunder
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
everything; anything; nothing
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
aggressiveness; aggression
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
notice; attention; observation
craving for the limelight
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
chit; sales slip; voucher
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to stop walking; to pause
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle