mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
handsome face; beautiful features
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
by means of; due to; because of; according to
in comparison to; rather than
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
entreaty; supplication; petition
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to choke; to have trouble breathing
being startled; getting a shock
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university