belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
long ago; a long time ago; already
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
school building; schoolhouse
small number; few; minority
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to go past; to pass; to pass by
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
gazing at (in wonderment)
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
choice; selection; option
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to fall off; to tumble down
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
end of life; death; breathing one's last
peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity
work of art; artwork; objet d'art