to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
big problem; major issue; big controversy
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
spring clothing; spring wear; spring goods
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
deep emotion; strong feelings
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
after school (at the end of the day)
closed-stacks (e.g. in a library); closed shelf system
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to shake and untangle; to shake free from