rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
major subject; special study
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
results; record; grades; marks
fraternal association; friendship society; fraternity
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
admission (to a society, club, etc.); joining; entrance; enrollment; enrolment; becoming a member
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
chief executive officer; CEO
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
educated loafer (living off family wealth); leisured intellectual; idle rich
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
something that requires thought; something that should be thought over carefully; something questionable; puzzle; riddle
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
too much for one to handle; unmanageable; uncontrollable
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
voluntary; optional; free; elective
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
presumption; assumption; estimation