somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
annual (plant); first-year student
second-year student; biennial
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
commuting to school; school commute
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
running alongside; pacesetting; accompanying
running as fast as one can
ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
pupil; student; schoolchild
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
feeling; sense; impression
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she