needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
(having) life-and-death power (over)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
acceleration; speeding up
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
early (days); initial stage; initial
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
since then; from that time; ever since
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
master; teacher; stable master
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
one eye; one of one's eyes
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)