graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
critic; reviewer; commentator
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
taste; liking; preference
that's the way it is; such is life
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
accompanied by a man; accompanied by men
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
not limited to; not just ...
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
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
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before