trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
attendance (at school); going to school
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
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
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
conviction; belief; confidence
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
convenient; handy; useful
society; the world; the times
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
choices; alternatives; options
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to get one's head around; to think about
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
(not so) much; (not) very
last night; yesterday evening
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily