high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to make a speech; to address
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
mobile phone number; cell phone number
female high school student
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
draw (in competition); tie game
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to be overcome with emotion
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)