to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to attempt; to test; to try out
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
until now; so far; up to the present
how; in what way; by what means
round shape; circle; circular form
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
senior high school student
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
examination method; method of investigation; search procedure
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive