apparently; appears to be
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
axiom; maxim; self-evident truth
distortion; falsification; perversion
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
house built on sand; house of cards
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
lacking talent or ability
had better ...; may as well ...
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
true to one's name; living up to one's name
handbook; instruction book; manual
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
leaving school during a term
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
for use of customers or guests
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
absolute basics; very rudiments
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with