this year; this fiscal year; this school year
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
pre-existing; already there; conventional
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
close; intimate; on good terms
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
open; public; official; overt
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
notice; attention; observation
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)