humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
physical education; PE; gym (class)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to become pale; to turn pale
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
female friend; woman friend
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained