cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
all; entire; whole; altogether
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
how; in what way; how about
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
just one person; only one
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after