fishing; collecting shells; fisherman
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
because of; owing to; due to
very; greatly; exceedingly
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
official announcement; proclamation
long (time that has passed); old (story)
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to call a person's attention (to)
thought; consideration; thinking
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
leaving; quitting; retiring
seeing one off; farewell; escort
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house