to play a leading role; to play a central part
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
returning from school; going home from school
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
running away; escaping on foot
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
care; precaution; guarding; caution
very loud volume; megavolume
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to pick up; to find; to gather
trouble; quarrel; dispute
remembrance; recollection; recognition
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
irrational (line of) argument
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)