to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
vocational school; technical school
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
having graduated from high school (as one's highest completed level of education); high school graduate
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
one's view of life; attitude toward life; outlook
in the end; on top of that
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
winter vacation; winter holidays
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
mental anguish; mental distress
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
graduation ceremony; commencement
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to straighten up; to sit upright
molester; groper; masher; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
following a single pattern; conforming to the same pattern; one-track; single-track; repetitive; predictable
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be