plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
thick glasses; (lit.) bottle bottom glasses
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to be kind to; to treat kindly
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
several people; a few people
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
part; portion; glimpse; bit
soldier; combatant; warrior
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to be found; to be discovered
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
older sister; lass; young lady
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
how; in what way; by what means
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
philanderer; womanizer; man who takes advantage of women; womanizing; philandering
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement