deputy head teacher; vice principal
practice; practising; experience
stop (on a train's route)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
flowing style (e.g. of narrating a story); eloquence
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
pointing out; identification
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
at first; initially; in the beginning
to give rein to (imagination)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
outcast; odd man out; pariah
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
self-consciousness; self-awareness
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
that is to say; so that means
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of