stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
one of these days; someday; one day
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
final; eventual; ultimate
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
that day; the very same day
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
memory; sense; experience
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
will not do; do not; does not
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
still; even now; to this day
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
no matter how much time passes
as (for); for; in the capacity of
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft