1) by:
by Friday etc.
The only person who
had his work done by Friday was
2)
"The English public school is called English because
.................
school because
...............
public because
..............." (JOKE!)
3)
close-knit
4)
to be obsessed with,
by
[obsessive/obsession]
5) fervent/fervid/fervo(u)r
6)
to be geared to (doing)
7)
hardihood:
ALD (dated) boldness, daring
Random House:
hardy spirit or character; determination to survive;
fortitude (etc.)
8) dormitory/dorm [BE
versus AE:
check
with www.leo.org &
www.dict.cc]
9) lavatory [BE
versus
AE:
check with www.leo.org
&
www.dict.cc]
10)
games: the games master
11) to abide by
abiding:
an abiding impression/friendship
12) religiously:
a) very carefully and regularly b) in a
way that is connected with religion
13)
to be initiated into sth.
people: the initiated
14)
fag (!) [cf.
text 1, word list: BE
versus AE]
15)
corporate
corporate identity/logo//CEO of a corporation
16)
to aid in (doing)
17)
to squeal
ANIMAL FARM (Orwell): "squealer"
18)
phlegmatic:
(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition cf.
"to keep a stiff upper lip" (idiom) [see #29
below]
19)
anguish
20)
to overlap
[cf. text 1, word list #14]
21)
to reinforce reinforced steel
22)
taste to be in good/bad taste // there is no accounting for
taste(s) //
to leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth
23)
to credit with
24)
(to put sb.
on his/her honour)
25)
to foster
foster-child
26)
an air of
27)
superior (noun: PERSON) superior ↔
inferior (adjectice)
28)
subordinate (noun/adjective)
29)
phlegm: see
#17 above
30)
stiff upper lip: see #17
above#17
above
31) (inculcation)/to inculcate
sth. in/into
sb or: sb
with sth (fml)
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