horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
immature form (of an organism); young animal
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to overdo; to do too much
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
to read aloud; to read to someone
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
results; record; grades; marks
to have one's name entered (in a list)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
to run around (wildly); to rush about all over the place; to make every effort (to do); to do everything one can
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to rant and rave; to raise hell
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to treat one's husband with due respect
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off