event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
re-education; retraining; in-service training
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...