splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
transfer student; student changing schools
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
for a while; for some time; for a period
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
sympathy; compassion; pity
price; cost; value; worth; value
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
trend; tendency; momentum
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to jump at; to be attracted by
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to recall; to remember; to recollect
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to