staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
marking; grading; scoring
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to be given up; to be discontinued
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
I see; that's right; indeed
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
image; figure; figure; form; image
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
trivial; not amounting to much
boy; son; baby boy; young man
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
the same generation; coeval
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
attendance; presence; appearance
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
stupid brat; son of a bitch
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to discuss; to talk together
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct