middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
entrance; admission; entering
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
current student; enrolled student
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
private tutor; coach; governess
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)