man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to pass (of time); to elapse
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
because of; owing to; due to
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)