to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
of course; certainly; naturally
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
life; living; I; me; student
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to sit for an examination
passing mark (examination); passing grade
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
future years; in (one's) later years
attendance; presence; appearance
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient