monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
being too late; losing one's final chance
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
to happen to meet; to come across
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
right beside; close to; nearby
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to keep a record; to keep a tally
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
flight; desertion; escape
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
private tutor; coach; governess
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
killing time; staving off boredom
weak point; unskillfulness
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant