to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
neighbouring house; neighboring house
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
studies; schoolwork; classwork
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
tone (of voice); manner of talking
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)