tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience
strange; rare; novel; curious
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
secret; private; surreptitious
another school; other schools
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
very busy (person or thing)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
living in a group; communal living; community life
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
finishing blow; coup de grâce
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to be discouraged; to shrink from
looking like one is waiting for someone
contrived; false-sounding
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that