high-quality goods; choice goods
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
to pluck; to pick; to tear
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
no matter how much time passes
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
irrational (line of) argument
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
self-analysis; autoanalysis
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
arrogant; haughty; insolent
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to give an impression; to make an impression
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
period of youth; while young
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
as you please; in any way you like; as you wish
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
management studies; business administration (study of)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic