paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
reconciliation; make peace with
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
effect; result; worth; use; avail
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
corridor; hallway; passageway
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
probability; likelihood; chances
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to be fated to; be linked by fate
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
continuing one's education into university
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
rebellious phase; rebellious age
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
study group; study meeting
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
restoration; repair; mending
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)