(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to not understand what someone is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
same generation; one's generation
jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to shake one's head (in denial)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
then; and (then); in that case; if so
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
serious; severe; grave; acute
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)