one's heart rate; pulse rate
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
defense; defence; protection
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit
practical problem; practical matter
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
most attractive feature (of a person)
real life; actual life; everyday life
unheard-of; unprecedented
soccer club (at a school); football club
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to stray from; to get lost
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
(one) letter; (one) character
female high-school student
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
unofficial report; confidential report
school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report