junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
direct connection; direct link
newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
communication skills; communication ability
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
tendency; trend; inclination
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
to lay aside; to set aside
to care for someone; to look after someone
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove