to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
clearing one's throat; cough
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; trade; operations; sales
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
don't you think?; indicates question
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
reaction; response; reaction
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
wicked tongue; abusive language
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
unexpectedly; surprisingly
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
absence; disregard; indifference
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely