tool; implement; means; furniture
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
how many years; how long; what year
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
environment; circumstance
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
forgetting; lapse of memory
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
connection; link; relationship
mask; disguise; guise; mask
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently