second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
first year; initial (year)
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
raptor; bird of prey; predatory bird
how many years; how long; what year
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
such ... as; or some such
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
but; however; provided that
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
transfer student; student changing schools
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally