having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
treatment (of a person); dealing with
trio; gang of three; threesome
simple; simplified; easy; plain
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
feeling good; feeling pleasant
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
feeling of a house or a room
first thing in the morning
zipper; zip; zip fastener
(not) even with; (not) even using
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
front-page article; top story; lead
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
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third grade; third class; tertiary
kiss scene; kissing scene
(one) scene (in a movie, etc.)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
marvelous; astonishing; wonderful
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
educational institution; school; academy; campus
prefix for forming ordinal numbers