habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
difference; discrepancy; variation
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
car model; type of (wheeled) vehicle; vehicle classification
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
information board; building directory
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
absorption; suction; attraction
to jar; to creak; to grate
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to look away; to turn away
leather; leather-bound; leathern
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
with a start; with a jump
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care