system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
rather; better; instead; if anything
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
established fact; fait accompli
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
persistence; single-mindedness
to pass (of time); to elapse
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
not necessarily so; is not always true
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)