to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
in proportion to; just as much as
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
genius; prodigy; natural gift
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
memories; recollections; reminiscence
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to have an eye on; to zero in on
should; must; -able; probably; likely
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
environment; circumstance
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to put into the mouth; to eat
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to be conspicuous; to stand out
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
now that you say that; now that you mention it