direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
corridor; hallway; passageway
to come and go; to go back and forth
pupil; student; schoolchild
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
one thin flat object; one sheet
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to take a breath; to take a short rest
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look around; to survey
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
if it is the case that ...
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
both hands; both arms; ten
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking