senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
training; drill; practice; discipline
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
great cause; moral law; justice
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
inheritance; something given or received
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
older brother and younger sister
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to come face to face (with)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to intervene; to stop (something)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
sour look; surly face; pout
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
business trip; official trip
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly