immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
with a start; with a jump
time limit; time restriction
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
unexpected meeting; coincidence
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
some book; book about that subject; books
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to complain; to lodge a complaint
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
fickle; inconstant; capricious; having many romantic interests
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
place where one works; construction site; working area
aquarium (building); oceanarium
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to be dispersed; to get separated
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
different thing; another question; different case
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
distant place; faraway location; far away
principle of laissez-faire
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence