collection of books; (personal) library
passion; temper; irritability
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
summer vacation; summer holiday
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
outside of; not covered by
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to be smeared; to be covered
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
one day; (on) a certain day
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
writing; composition; essay; sentence
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
person concerned; interested party; related party
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist