baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
relatively; comparatively
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
pupil; student; schoolchild
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
loveable; very likeable; like very much
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
rather; better; instead; if anything
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink