making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
approximate age; age range
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
innocent; cherubic; childlike
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be able to manage somehow or another
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
failure; mistake; blunder
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
in succession; one after another
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
homecoming; returning home
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
leisure; leisure time; spare time
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to continue; to keep up; to keep on