festival; feast; carnival
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
directly opposite; right in front
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
lacking a plan; haphazard
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
drama; play; powerful drug
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
honor; honour; credit; prestige
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
long ago; already; a long time ago
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
and yet; though; when; in spite of
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)