to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
exemplification; illustrating by example
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross