children's park; children's playground
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
ability; capability; skill
three-digit number; hundreds column
government office; public office
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
excess; surplus; superabundance
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to rant and rave; to raise hell
changing the subject; on a different note; by the way
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious