to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
speech and conduct; words and deeds
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to nod in agreement; to nod in assent
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
tenth day of the month; ten days
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
memory; ability to remember
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
(medical) doctor; physician
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
of course; certainly; naturally
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
serious; not joking; straight