quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
summer vacation; summer holiday
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
pack of lies; complete fabrication
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
no, not like that (but like this)
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
clearing one's throat; cough
greater than ...; bigger ...
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
extraterrestrial life; ET
box-office takings; box-office revenue
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
a long time ago; long before now
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to fight to the bitter end
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping