strong pressure; heavy pressure
duty; obligation; responsibility
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
badness; evilness; bad; evil
estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out; ostracism; giving the cold shoulder
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
just because; even if; even though
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
complete stranger; total stranger
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to take off one's clothes; to undress
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
presence; sitting with; being with
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to thrust before; to thrust at
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly