congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
scenery; scene; landscape
other side; opposite side; other party
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
to think of; to come up with
rope; cord; policeman's rope
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
at least; at most; (even) just
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
a little; a bit; slightly
the other day; a few days ago
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very