self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
temporary absence from school
in the meanwhile; during the time
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
police identification card
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
application; request; petition
legal binding force; legally binding power
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
repentance; confession; penitence
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
only recently; just of late
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface