flat broke; stone broke; penniless
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
graduation ceremony; commencement
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
since the dawn of history
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
to form a group; to form a bunch
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to some extent; to a certain extent
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
that's a different matter; that's a different story
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand