water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
(tooth) enamel; adamantine
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
all over; given in; given up hope; bring to knees
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
protest; refutation; pleading
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
news of someone's death; obituary
main cause; primary factor
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
world line; parallel universe (in fiction); parallel world; alternative reality
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
defensive measure; defense plan
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
to be born; to come into the world
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
belief; faith; conviction