long slits (esp. of eyes)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
encumbrance; burden; drag
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to concern; to be related
to mark the end; to spell the end
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to go out and away; to leave
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
teacher; instructor; professor
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to consider another's point of view; to put oneself in someone's shoes
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
popular person; favorite; favourite
to talk to oneself; to mutter
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
single-mother household; fatherless family
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
rules are rules; a rule is a rule
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
document; official papers