attendance (at school); going to school
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look around; to survey
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
young greens; young herbs
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
tips of one's hair; hair ends
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
close; intimate; on good terms
to chase; to run after; to pursue
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
for example; for instance; e.g.
to do for (the sake of someone else)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt