dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
cooperation; collaboration
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
evening meal; supper; dinner
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
seat allocation; fee paid to an performer (at a vaudeville hall); appearance fee
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
older sister; elder sister
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out