comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
being somewhat excited (agitated)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
world peace; peace of the world
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
different thing; another question; different case
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to step forward; to volunteer
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
(very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
one who knows little often repeats it
to shout (in anger); to yell
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship