staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
I'd be lying if I said ...
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack