daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
pupil; student; schoolchild
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to be saved up (of money)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
government service; the bureaucracy
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
human relations; personal relationships
to be worried; to be troubled
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to detain; to check; to restrain
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected