incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
offender; criminal; culprit
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
independence; self-reliance
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
freshly laundered and starched; fresh and unwrinkled
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
comma; decimal point; radix point
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
stairwell; stair hall; staircase
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
to fall off; to tumble down
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
gas station; petrol station
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors