sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
several years; a few years
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
continuing one's education into high school
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
that's true; of course; obviously
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
human relations; personal relationships
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
way (of doing); manner; method; means
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to refer to; to use as reference
secondary sex characteristic
mental; spiritual; emotional
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
(social) position; status
establishment; settlement
isolation; being alone; being friendless
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to lie down; to throw oneself down
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
sense of relief; feeling of relief
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)