mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
due form; official; formality
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to move forward; to move on
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
letter; missive; note; mail
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
summer vacation; summer holiday
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all