finding employment; getting a job
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
study group; study meeting
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
after school (at the end of the day)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
3rd day of the month; three days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
accurate; correct; precise; exact
the whole day; all the day
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
club activities; extracurricular activities
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
helper; assistant; help; assistance
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)