picking up trash; collecting garbage
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
good young man; agreeable youth
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
dragon-head gargoyle; gutter spout
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
willpower; energy; vitality
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
emotional scars; mental trauma
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
period of youth; while young