gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
New Year's Eve; end of the year
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
for lack of anything better to do
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to bring back; to restore
to yearn for; to be in love with
since when; from when; how long
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts