learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
no need to guess; certainly
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
story; tale; talk; discussion
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
arrogant; insolent; disdainful
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
don't worry about it; forget about it
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
everything; anything; nothing
hostility; animosity; enmity
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
and; thereupon; because of that
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
originally; by nature; from the start
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all