better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
behind with everything; too late; reactive
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to find out; to discover; to locate
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
seeing one off; farewell; escort
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
cooperation; collaboration
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
correction; revision; amendment
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
dream for the future; hopes for the future
government worker; public servant; civil servant
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending