doctors; teachers; lawyers
interview (e.g. for a job)
behaviour; behavior; conduct
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
true to one's name; living up to one's name
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
locker; rocker; rock'n'roller
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
curse; spell; malediction
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom