to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
in the same manner as before; the same as always
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to make a vow; to take an oath
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
dealing with; coping with
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
daily lunch special; today's set lunch
to have a meal; to take a meal
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
another's parent; another's parents
real experience; actual observations
society; public; community; social studies
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital; after-sales service
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
tenth day of the month; ten days
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
trivial; not amounting to much
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front