perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
start of work; commencement; opening
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
beauty of style; beauty of form
long (time that has passed); old (story)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
thorough; exhaustive; complete
nothing but; none other than
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
homeroom; form room; form class
almost; roughly; approximately
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
one's figure during sleep
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to rest one's chin in one's hands
to look away; to turn away
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
somehow; for some reason or other