male instincts; male frivolity
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to repeat; to do something over again
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to jump upon (a moving object)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
in that way; like that; that way
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
just because; even if; even though
too much; excessively; too
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
that is to say; so that means