lack of self-reliance; depending on others
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
truancy; absence without leave
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
deputy head teacher; vice principal
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be surprised; to be astonished
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
close; intimate; on good terms
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
method of bringing up; method of raising
memory; sense; experience
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to apologize; to apologise
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself