playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to search for; to seek for; to look for
one of these days; someday; one day
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to go past; to pass; to pass by
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to become settled; to be fixed
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to subsist; to keep on living
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself