courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
arm; skill; efforts; ability
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
close to the wall; alongside the wall
number of times; frequency; count
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
stairs; stairway; staircase
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)