to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
waste of time; killing time
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
to say; to be called; to do
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
connection; link; relationship
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
eccentric; crank; oddball
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
wearing one's hair in braids
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
breadwinner; biggest earner
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
at first; initially; in the beginning
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
compelling force; legal force
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
invitation; introduction; temptation
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
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)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful