binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
ago; since; before; previous
to have a smattering knowledge of
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
to revere; to respect; to worship
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to loiter around; to wander about
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
gazing at (in wonderment)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
adopted parents; temporarily assumed parents
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
proper; respectable; decent; honest
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
stifled (laughter); simmering
elder sister; older female friend
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
many; a lot; much; multitude
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
snake; serpent; large snake
change in appearance; transformation
older sister; elder sister