back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to speak; to hear a voice
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
invisibly; secretly; privately
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
way of speaking; intimation
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
contrary to one's expectations
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
deceiving; cheating; fooling
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
rather; better; instead; if anything
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
beforehand; in advance; previously
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
if it is the case that ...
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
ball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite