troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
nothing but; none other than
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
proud; having a prominent nose
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to be sooty; to be stained
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to make an appearance; to show up
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
stupid brat; son of a bitch
document; official papers
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
report of death; notification of a death
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
elder sister; older female friend
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking