pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
in the face of; in defiance of
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
truancy; school non-attendance
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
corn flakes; cold cereal; breakfast cereal
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
half a point (esp. in go)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
female molester; stupid woman
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
height of; middle of; full bloom
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
older brother; elder brother
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league