personal; individual; private
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
going through; going via; going by way of
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
boisterously; roughly; briskly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
superior; superiors; senior
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
such; like that; that sort of
softly; mildly; gently; politely
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge