to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
the scruff or nape of the neck
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
all-out confrontation; total confrontation
mediocrity; ordinary ability
discriminatory; discriminative
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
continuing one's education into graduate school
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
long-established; old-established; traditional
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
scholarship; scientific attainments
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
sexual discrimination; sexism
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
be guided by your children when you are old
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters