surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
vacant house; unoccupied house
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
pleasant feeling; good vibes
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
job hunting; job searching
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
for a while; for some time; for a period
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of