offence; offense; hindrance
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
still; even now; to this day
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
family; members of a family
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
exactly as stated; verbatim
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
alone; by oneself; on one's own
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done