to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
knob; handle; catch; patron
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
and yet; though; when; in spite of
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
this and that; one thing and another
to snatch from; to steal from
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
fifth day of the month; five days
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
it seems so; that's what it looks like
interference; intervention; meddling
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to tumble down; to roll down
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
although I say; although one might say; although called
technical skill; ability; capacity