to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
study; diligence; discount; reduction
imagination; supposition; guess
finding employment; getting a job
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
independence from parents
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
loveable; very likeable; like very much
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
other side; opposite side; other party
last ray of hope; only hope
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
several people; a few people
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken