emoticon;  smiley;  kaomoji
 scrawl;  scribble;  graffiti;  doodle
 illustration;  picture;  sketch;  drawing;  figure
 opening credits;  title sequence;  theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.);  overprint
 shabby;  dull;  cheap;  lackluster;  uninspiring;  depressing
 (one's) quota;  assignment
 without;  unacceptable;  not alright;  unsatisfactory
 independence;  self-reliance;  independence (e.g. of a nation);  freedom;  separation;  isolation
 to all appearances;  no matter how you look at it
 relatives;  one's family;  friends;  members of the same organization;  followers;  henchmen
 to look up at;  to raise one's eyes;  to look up to;  to admire;  to respect
 to be truant;  to slack off;  to play hooky;  to skip school;  to cut class;  to skip out
 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such);  first name;  famous;  great;  name;  noun
 to be (animate);  to be;  to be ..ing;  to (have the audacity to) do
 all one's power (strength, energy, efforts);  one's utmost
 opening fully;  full throttle;  full power
 skipping out;  cutting class;  truancy;  procrastination
 so;  therefore;  accordingly;  consequently;  on those grounds;  that is why
 pupil;  student;  schoolchild
 to meet;  to encounter;  to see;  to have an accident;  to have a bad experience
 half and half;  fifty-fifty
 to be vague;  to speak ambiguously;  to be evasive;  to not commit oneself
 on the way;  en route;  in the middle of;  midway;  halfway
 information;  news;  intelligence;  information;  data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
 circumstances;  conditions;  situation;  reasons;  state of affairs
 often (happens);  tend to;  be apt to;  be likely to
 one's post;  place of work;  workplace
 to resign;  to retire;  to quit;  to leave (one's job, etc.)
 why;  oh;  no!;  quit it!;  stop!
 company employee;  member of a corporation;  company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
 female high-school student
 new face;  newcomer;  rookie;  modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
 good-looking guy;  handsome man;  hunk;  Adonis;  cool guy
 extramarital sex;  affair;  fooling around;  infidelity;  wantonness;  unfaithfulness
 married woman's secret lover;  paramour;  adultery (by a married woman)
 to ill-treat;  to bully;  to torment;  to be tough on (e.g. one's body);  to treat harshly
 base (military, expedition, etc.)