to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
date (year, month and day)
various places; several sources
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); suddenly (appearing, coming out, etc.); distractedly; absentmindedly
nothing but; none other than
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
school of one's (first, second) choice
highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
psychiatry; psychiatric department
overconfident; presumptuous
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
report card; result sheet
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
business trip; official trip
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
immediately; right away; on the spot