2
missed
2
museful(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, rational)
2
observant(attention, considerate, responsive, aware, helpful)
2
off
2
out of it(expression, adjective, idiom, careless, sloppy)
2
out to lunch(expression, adjective, idiom, careless, apathetic)
2
pondering(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, rational)
2
possessed(adjective, desire, troubled, absorbed, fanatical)
2
remote(adjective, careless, vague, distracted, inattentive)
2
removed(adjective, careless, indifferent, apathetic, remote)
2
resolute(adjective, determined, fixed, absorbed, concentrated)
2
ruminating(adjective, thoughtful, thinking, meditative)
2
serious(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, thoughtful)
2
solicitous(considerate, responsive, helpful)
2
star-gazing
2
steadfast(adjective, fixed, absorbed, concentrated, rapt)
2
steady(adjective, set, deep, fixed, involved)
2
studious(adjective, reasonable, keen, deep, caring)
2
taken up with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, attention)
2
unattentive
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