to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
distant look; faraway look
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
tension; mental strain; nervousness
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
order; command; directions; instructions
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
hand net; dip net; scoop net
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
speech and conduct; words and deeds
discouragement; disappointment
such; this sort of; like this
such; like that; that sort of; very
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
corridor; hallway; passageway
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
considerably; greatly; a lot
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares