to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
willpower; energy; vitality
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
to come back; to return; to recur
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
silence (not speaking); muteness
corridor; hallway; passageway
sour look; surly face; pout
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to attack; to assault; to assail
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
woman; female; feminine gender
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
how; in what way; by what means
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
very much; exceedingly; extremely
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
excellent; superb; first-rate
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow