moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
transfer student; student changing schools
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
due form; official; formality
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to run one's eye over (e.g. to check if it's OK); to glance over; to skim through
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
sound (of a sentence); euphony
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
older sister; elder sister
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
sex fiend; lecher; pervert
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
compulsory subject; required subject
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
staying behind; remaining; residual
picking; collecting; harvesting
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition