head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
close; intimate; on good terms
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
such; this sort of; like this
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
what do you want?; can I help you?
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
(act of) writing on a blackboard
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
my personal (e.g. opinion)
review (of learned material); revision
to complain; to make a complaint
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...