academic background; academic credentials; academic record
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
Italian; Italian food; Italian cuisine
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
display window; shop window; store window
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
clinic; medical office; infirmary
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
spotlight; close observation
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to carry; to bring (to a place)
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to cut; to slit; to cut open
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
troublesome; pain in the butt
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
scribbling; doodling; graffiti
flight; desertion; escape
big-name brand; brand-name goods
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place