going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
short pants; shorts; breeches; knickerbockers
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
passing through without stopping; passing by
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
good humour (humor); good mood
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
Brighton (Britain); Blyton
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
theatre-going; theater-going
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to come back; to return; to recur
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry