cowardly; timid; easily frightened
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
inland districts; inland areas
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
quarrel; dispute; argument
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
educational system; school system
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
early on; earlier on; from early
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
looking depressed; long face
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
New Year's Eve; end of the year
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull