to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to thrust down; to push off
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
thorough; exhaustive; complete
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
household violence (esp. adolescent children towards parents); domestic violence
several times; a few times
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
consumer credit (finance, loan)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
guidance; protective custody
number of times; frequency; count
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
returning from school; going home from school
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings