hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
orphan; person without friends
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
one of these days; someday; one day
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
which is which; one or the other
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to be at a loss for words
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
computer game for men featuring beautiful women characters (usu. adult game)
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.