something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to return a favor (favour); to repay
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
head; lead; vanguard; first
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to be late; to be unpunctual
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
transfer student; student changing schools
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
head; dome; bean; nob; noggin
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
mohican (hairstyle); mohawk; Mohican; Mahican; Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct