misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
shady; underhanded; questionable
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
young master; son of a high-ranking person
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
malicious; deliberately mean
just because; even if; even though
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally