position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
life; living; I; me; student
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
society; public; community; social studies
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
very likely; very probable
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
survival; survivor; relic
major dealer; wealthy merchant
man; male; masculine gender
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
such; like that; that sort of; very
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
in search of; in order to look for