uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to become better; to improve
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
don't you think?; indicates question
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
distrust; unjust suspicion
than; from; out of; except; but; more
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to have a talk; to tell a story
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
scene; spectacle; sight; view
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do