hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
school; school building; schoolhouse
doing whatever one pleases
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to repeat; to be frequent
match; game; bout; contest
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
brand items; brand-name goods
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
discipline; training; teaching manners
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to take (be in) charge of
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
particularly; only; in the case of
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)