(period of) a year; during an era
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to be worried; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
after a long time; for the first time in a while
right beside; close to; nearby
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
new student; freshman; first-year student
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
current student; enrolled student
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
otherwise; or else; if not
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
other side; opposite side; other party
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
as a child; when one was a child
day after day; day by day
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light