cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
ill will; malice; evil intent
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
how many years; how long; what year
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be worried; to be troubled
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
rematch (after an earlier loss)
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
to be on the right track; to go well
to head home; to leave for home
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like