to be selected (from among many people)
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
student (esp. a university student)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
richly colored; richly coloured
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
at a young age; while still young
God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
very popular; highly favoured
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
correlation diagram; correlation chart
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many