to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
cannot be compared with; no match for
sense of caution; wariness
to approach; to draw near
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to come and go; to go back and forth
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
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
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
polite; respectful; reverent
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
responsibility; duty; obligation
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
out-of-school; off-campus
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness