delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
after school (at the end of the day)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
suffix for familiar person
intelligence or information network
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
addition; increase; Canada
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to increase; to add to; to augment
in this way; thus; such; uh...
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
side ponytail (hairstyle)
to rock; to shake; to swing
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now