(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
connection; link; relationship
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
study; diligence; discount; reduction
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
results; record; grades; marks
hostility; animosity; enmity
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
pupil; student; schoolchild
plural; multiple; several
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
way of solving (a problem); solution
secret; private; surreptitious
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to repeat; to do something over again
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to grimace; to make a wry face
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
railroad corporation; railway company
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite