cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to feel hungry; to get hungry
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
hamburger shop; hamburger restaurant; hamburger joint
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
educator; teacher; educationalist
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
another school; other schools
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to flare up; to fly into a rage
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
acceleration; speeding up
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
in a sense; in some way; to an extent