breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
distant look; faraway look
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
step; stride; counter for steps
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
unspecified large number (of people)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to spread; to be propagated
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
looking depressed; long face
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle