certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
sympathy; compassion; pity
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
another school; other schools
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
while; during (the time when)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to pause; to have a short intermission
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that