recent graduate looking to change jobs
substitute player; reserve
goal difference; goal differential
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
having no wife; being single; being unmarried; unmarried man
no side (rugby); full time; end of game; post-fight mutual praise; reconciling
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
championship race; struggle for victory
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
application information; application guidelines; application handbook
scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
collision; bumping into; head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
to trace back to (the origins of something)
harming one's image; worsening of one's image
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)