preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to flare up; to burst into flames
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
for example; for instance; e.g.
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
had better ...; had better not ...
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
what number (in a sequence); what rank
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
four-digit number; thousands column
connection; link; relationship
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
major war; great war; world war