ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
within the blood; blood-borne
red blood cell; erythrocyte
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
personal record; personal best
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
infectious disease; infection
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
skim reading; reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
infection route; source of infection
oral infection; orally transmitted infection
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
illness; condition; -pathy
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
end of term; end of semester