expected value; expectation value; expectation
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
waste of time; killing time
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
superiority complex; sense of superiority
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
next year; next fiscal year
particular; hard to please; fussy
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to hold fast; to protect to the end
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
large number (of); many; majority
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
yearned for; longed for; missed
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
proud; having a prominent nose
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
nothing but; none other than
title of honour; title of honor
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin