wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
brown envelope; manila envelope
entrance; admission; entering
recyclable garbage; recyclable waste
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
only; merely; but; no more than
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
writing implement; writing tool
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
direct unforked road; straight path
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
lack of innovation; stupidity
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to look away; to turn away
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
pronunciation; production of sound
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
the opposite direction; the other way
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across