anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
selection; choice; option
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to watch over; to watch attentively
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
companion; company; tritagonist
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
accompanied by a man; accompanied by men
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to stop walking; to pause
colour; color; hue; tints
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
hypothesis; supposition; assumption