characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
primer; manual; introductory book
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.
selling like hotcakes; explosive sales
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
undeveloped country; third world country
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
diffusion rate; rate of spread
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
that's too bad; too bad for you!