ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
results; record; grades; marks
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
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)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
in comparison to; rather than
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
serious; not joking; straight
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)