(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
while; even though; despite
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to stare back (at); to glare back
to discuss; to talk together
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
still; as yet; as it has been