opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
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)
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to torment; to torture; to harass
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to put one's strength into
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
complicity (in a crime); collusion
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
minimum; at the very least
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
association of like-minded people
reason for being; raison d'être
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path