results; record; grades; marks
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
to be smeared; to be covered
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
generalization; generalisation; popularization; popularisation
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
(political) power; authority; influence
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
(economic) depression; recession; slump
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
small business; small company
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
fiction; fabrication; concoction
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision