to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
of no interest; not interested
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
joints; points (of a speech)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
external wound; (physical) trauma
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering