excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
after school (at the end of the day)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
whispered conversation; whispering
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement