guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
between short and second; middle
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to say; to be called; to do
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
influence; effect; impact
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
many; numerous; various; large number of
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)