disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
is something that; is that which
department (or school) of technology, engineering or science
electrical and electronic
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
electricity; (electric) light
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
first year (college) student; freshman; graduate of one year's standing
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
results; record; grades; marks
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
the reverse; other side; lining
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
very; greatly; exceedingly