merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
misconduct; misbehaviour; impropriety; profligacy
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
alone; unaided; away from home
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
report; notification; registration
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
to degenerate; to lapse into
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
one's later years; final years (in life)
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
mental; spiritual; emotional
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract