female high-school student
first meeting; first interview with
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
button (clothing); push-button
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
whispering into a person's ear
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
the same generation; coeval
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
already; now; no longer; not any more
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
only; merely; but; no more than
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
image; figure; figure; form; image
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)