detached; aloof; indifferent
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
another school; other schools
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
with a bang (clash, bump)
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
apparently; appears to be