to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
pus; corruption; rot; evils
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
getting an advance (on one's salary)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
applying to enter more than one school
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
failure; mistake; blunder
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to be kind to; to treat kindly
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
victim; injured party; sufferer
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
scandal; deplorable event
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered