to learn; to study; to take lessons in
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
urine; small amount of water
to seek a path; to find one's way
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
men's basketball; boys' basketball
match; tournament; interschool match
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
is that so?; I see; right; oh
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
determination; resolution
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
serious; severe; grave; acute
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it