strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
in the same manner as before; the same as always
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to examine someone's expression
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
recollection; calling to mind
-job; stimulating the penis with a body part
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
partly open; in half bloom
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
personal; individual; private
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...