to play around; to gallivant about
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
to flavor; to flavour; to season
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
very careful; thoroughly prepared
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
whitebait; elver (young eel)
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
leader; authority; mainstay
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
first meeting; first interview with
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
doctor's visit; house call
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
toddling; taking tottering steps