monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears); simian features
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to be silent; to say nothing
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
moment by moment; hour by hour
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
experience; history; record; career
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
general; popular; common; typical
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
within; inside of; less than
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
at a young age; while still young
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
no need to guess; certainly
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)