bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
molester; groper; masher; pervert
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
scene; spectacle; sight; view
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
so; like this; in this way
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
grasp; catch; understanding
(passenger) car; automobile
back seat (of a car); rear seat
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to shout (in anger); to yell
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
in the meanwhile; during the time
space (room, area, outer space)
to attempt; to test; to try out
(being) over capacity; overloading; overbooking
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
have a good day; take care; see you
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of