to lie down; to throw oneself down
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
reading partway; leaving half-read
magazine; journal; periodical
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
club activities; extracurricular activities
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
common knowledge; well-known fact
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
something; some kind of; for some reason
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions