(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
another's parent; another's parents
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
handrail; railing; banister
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
to pile up; to accumulate
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to kill; to choke the life out of
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
end; close; conclusion; termination
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
air hole; windhole; ventilator
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
passing (an examination); making the grade
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
person who avoids others; social outcast
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin