positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
don't worry; there's no need to worry
place; room; margin; scope
particularly; only; in the case of
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
going to and fro; back and forth
school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
graded on N steps; scored out of N
extracurricular activities
to work hard; to work diligently
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone