dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
both hands; both arms; ten
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to cause a person trouble
impossible to do (although wants to)
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
stealthily; secretly; in secret
in the meanwhile; during the time
to blame; to find fault with
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
finding fault (with); being picky
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
hard worker; hardworking person