to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
had better ...; had better not ...
anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; (lit.) clothes on a packhorse driver
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to take a veneer off something
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
speech; expression; wording; language
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
silence (not speaking); muteness
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is