obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
nonchalantly; without a care
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
(by force of) circumstances
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
around the world; throughout the world
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
again; once more; a second time
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
predicament; one's ground; one's position
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
failure; mistake; blunder
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
programme; program; plans; arrangements
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest