whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to talk (a person) down; to confute
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
summer vacation; summer holidays
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
such ... as; or some such
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
parting; separation; farewell
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
treating (someone) like they are air; ignoring (someone)
every person; each one; everybody
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
good-for-nothing; worthless
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
briskly; quickly; promptly