the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
two parts; two copies; the second part
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
revision (of text); alteration; change
sleazy; vulgar; low-life; shabby
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
to live through; to survive
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
opening fully; full throttle; full power
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
to intervene; to stop (something)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
opinion; point of view; visual point
to become settled; to be fixed