to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
because; for; the reason why is ...
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
matter of time; question of time
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
executable (e.g. executable file); capable of putting into practice
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to lay aside; to set aside
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
ratification; confirmation
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
contradiction; inconsistency
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
senior high school; high school
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
soccer club (at a school); football club
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed