to shake; to sway; to waver
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to be itching to put one's skills to use
from the beginning; from scratch
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
to take (be in) charge of
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
failure; mistake; blunder
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
maid; helper; help; assistance
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
really; truly; indeed; good grief
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
ill will; malice; evil intent
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to wish to go well; to have good intentions