young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation; persons under the age of 18
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
four characters; four letters
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
high brow; broad forehead
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
(set of) facial features; looks
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
tendency to see one's loved one as better than they really are; seeing someone through rose-colored glasses because of love
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
3rd day of the month; three days
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
as stated; verbatim; literally
had better ...; had better not ...
to set (sun); to become dark
three days and three nights
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
to sigh; to breathe a sigh