to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
on the way home from school
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
university student; college student
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
man; male; masculine gender
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
magazine; journal; periodical
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
notice; attention; observation
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
stature; build; height; size; physique
(set of) facial features; looks
fashion sense; sense of fashion
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
being startled; getting a shock