academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
many; much; plenty; hardly
booby prize; prize for coming second-last
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
that's a different matter; that's a different story
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
threat; intimidation; menace
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
large amount of money; great cost
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
and so; therefore; for that reason
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to underrate; to make light of
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
sour look; surly face; pout
the guilty are audacious; show remorse when you are in the wrong
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation