something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
winter vacation; winter holidays
boarding house; school dormitory
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to say no more; to sink into silence
speaking voice; talking voice
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
house where one was born; one's parents' house
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
each and all; every single one; everybody
homecoming; return to one's home
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
vacant house; unoccupied house
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
silence; stillness; quietness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)