hitting	bashing
too old	past it
having a boring life that doesn't change	struck in
put(in a careless way)	dumped
flying	jetting off
like a mad thing	wildly
change,transform	turn into
gradually become an adult	grow up
do sth without interruption	get on with
can be explained by	come down to
arrive at situation unintentionally	end up
couse a particular type of behaviour in sbd	bring out
hurry out of a place in a temper	storm out
speak rudely to sbd in authority	answer back
funk	fear
to move silently and secretively	slink
to run away	bolt
the sheets on the bed	linen
a type of grain, like wheat	rye
apparently, on the surface	ostensibly
old French currency	francs
in a ordinary, everyday way	prosaically
a person who sells vegetables	greengrocer
he makes and/or sells bread	barber
he sells tobacco	tobacconist
he washes clothes	loundress
decay and fall apart	rot
become worse	deteriorate
sit or fall down heavily	slumped
flow quickly	pouring
climb or move with difficulty	clamber
cry noisily	sob
blow air into sth	inflate
become tired and weak	flag
pull with difficulty	haul
take hold of sth suddenly or roughly	grab
move slowly with the sea currents or winds	drift