urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
one's family; family member
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to scatter away; to vanish
unheard-of; unprecedented
to relax; to feel at home
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
un-; non-; negative prefix
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
recommendation; endorsement
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
individual; one by one; separate; each
(not) so much; (not) that much
feminine; womanly; female