truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
house where the family is out
acceleration; speeding up
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
mountain road; mountain trail
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to be prolonged; to drag on
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
cake served with tea; teacake
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away