(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to be relieved; to feel relieved
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
new student; freshman; first-year student
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
isolation; being alone; being friendless
boy; son; baby boy; young man
older brother and younger sister
quarrel; dispute; argument
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
close; intimate; on good terms
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
question; inquiry; enquiry
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
(school) class change; class shuffle; rearrangement of which students are in which teacher's class
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
about when; about what time; how soon
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
indicate reason; infers some protest
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear