no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
from the beginning; from scratch
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
marking; grading; scoring
test period; exam period; examination time
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
experiential; empirical; experimental
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
either way; in any case; one way or another
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking
roller coaster; big dipper
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
chocolate chips; chocolate chip
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback