immersion; being absorbed in
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be helpful; to be useful
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
sympathy; empathy; response
educator; teacher; educationalist
to have troubles; to have concerns
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
impudent; shameless; brazen
one day; (on) a certain day
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
how; in what way; by what means
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
successively; one after another
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter