to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
to get between; to be caught in
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to shut in; to confine; to contain
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
decision; determination; resolution
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
primary school; elementary school; grade school
one day; (on) a certain day
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to happen to have on hand or in stock
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
as if it were about oneself
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up