trouble; bother; annoyance
fellow pupil (apprentice)
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
migratory fish; straddling fish stocks
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
interval between the waves; gap between waves
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
proud; having a prominent nose
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
curse; spell; malediction
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
specialization; specialisation
shellfish; seashell; shell
to take; to catch; to capture
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
the same generation; coeval
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater