as you see; as you can see
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
(feather) duster; dusting
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to lie down; to throw oneself down
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
matter of time; question of time
settlement; solution; resolution
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
outsider; someone outside of a group
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
whichever one chooses; either way
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
dealing with; coping with
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
very interesting; of great interest
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
reading partway; leaving half-read
indeed; really; truly; very much
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
outside of; not covered by
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
study; library; den; home office; reading room
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression