eyewitness report; eyewitness information
large number (of); many; majority
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to cheat (in a romantic relationship); to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
first meeting; first interview with
picking up trash; collecting garbage
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
to make a lasting impression
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
man who has sex with many women; playboy; womanizer
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
student in a lower grade; underclassman
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
history of; experience of
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
trauma (usu. psychological)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter