older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
full impact; packing a punch
shyness; bashfulness; shame
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to raise one's voice; to shout
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
book; volume; this; present; main; head
study; diligence; discount; reduction
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to ask; to enquire; to query
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
suffix for familiar person
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to be worried; to be troubled
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision