malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to employ; to hire; to charter
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
undisputed; entirely; perfect
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
clothes; clothing; garments
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
ignorant of the ways of the world
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
river; stream; River; the ... river
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
had better ...; had better not ...
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
absolute basics; very rudiments
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
it seems so; that's what it looks like