to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
only; merely; but; no more than
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
accumulation; accumulate; store
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
studies; schoolwork; classwork
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
do this, do that; dos and don'ts
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
at once; immediately; right now
to look forward to something
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
striking; remarkable; considerable
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)