sentence structure; grammatical construction
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
remarkable; striking; obvious
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
stale; hackneyed; cliched
house built on sand; house of cards
half and half; fifty-fifty
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up