to flip through the pages

I got my B.A. by sheer luck

abbreviating

composure

frantic

grade

indecipherable

inferior

inferiority

note

scribbling

sheer

study skills

subsidiary

successive

to flip through the pages

to mull over

to recover one’s composure

Lectures start on Monday

curtail

don

inflated

lecture-list

monotonously

observant

retire

rigidly

tutor

undergraduate

The British waste line

allied

appalling

assume

conceivable

discard

eccentric

estimate

estimated

excessive

expenditure

fallacy

grant

grudge

inevitable

inseparable

lavish

layman

niggardly

prone

scheme

strive

an eventual dividend

interior decorations

in time of emergency

juvenile delinquency

on the brink of

the grand total

to come high on the list

visual aids

Bridget Jones’s Diary

bellow

courtship

coy

cut-throat

dazzling

distraught

ensue

glad rags

heady

hunch

immerse

insurmountable

ludicrous

overbearing

quarry

retrieve

strident

strut

stunning

tatty

top-notch

transpire

undaunted

virulent

zeal

Theatre

arch

archly

boisterous

brazen out

chivalrous

cower

crow (with delight)

filthy

grave

imprudent

inkling

spite

startled

unresponsive

to be alert

to break oneself of smth

to go out of one’s way

to have smth up one’s sleeve

to turn smb round one’s little finger

to wheedle smth out of smb

The Unicorn in the Garden / The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

beast

browse

crack

craven

crop

disdainful

distraught

gloat

gravely

grin

haggard

hatch

hurtle

inscrutable

insinuating

insolent

leap

mythical

plot

put up

rap

rejoice

snap

subdue

threaten

The Inspiration of Mr Budd

betrayal

pace

stammer

tint

uppermost

to be a match for smb / smth

to be in a position of advantage

to be the ruin of smb

to commit smth to memory

to have a fancy for smth

to set a mark on smb / smth

Terrified

accelerator

avalanche

aware

awareness

babble

blink

blot out

cajole

compelled

concede

courtesy

cripple

curse

defy

deserted

detached

dim

disdain

ditch

doze

evidence

fatal

fathom

fender

headlights

hog

lurid

numb

oncoming

onslaught

rear

rocket

rove

scuffle

skid

slack off

spout out

startled

swerve

terrified

thriving

vicious

vindictive

well

Take the Witness

adjourn

adversary

antagonist

cocky

comeback

convene

cross-examination

cross-questioning

day-dream

defendant

deplete

elicit

frantic

fresh

impersonal

induce

mutter

pat

sneer

transcript

well-spotted

baby talk

fresh as a daisy

a good crack

a pretty kettle of fish

to be after smth / smb

to be immune from

to drag smth out

to get smb on the run

to hit one’s stride

to take one’s cue from

to testify on behalf of smb

to think smth up

Modernism

primacy

evince

shattering

lure

voracious

contrive

feeble

suggestiveness

buoyant

helter-skelter

morbid

ideational

discard

dribble

fling

vortex

exponent

smear

arbitrary

Crazy English

to be well/better/best off

indispensable

vagary

purport

marvel

rigid

misperceive

engender

spoof

lunacy

A Confluence of Cultures

lane

advent

dispossess

pillage

desecration

encounter

prudence

emulate

uproot

heinous

fоrge

fashion

ploy

influx

wantonness

witting

superabundant

defraud

shorthanded

minuscule

requisite

inadvertently

exempt

exonerate

contravene

incite

set foot

set sail

oblivion

How to plan a town

dispense with

effeminate

muddle

vestige

conceit

ingenious

Capital cities

awe-inspiring

haphazard

tacky

grubby

clogged

bustling

soaring

in-your-face

to fall prey to

to work one’s magic

to get one’s bearings

exhilarating

Confessions of a Shopaholic

beckon

discreet

elated

supercilious

awe-stricken

high-powered

squint

weirdo

gimmick

outperform

canny

stunned

windfall

twinge

eligible

stutter

poignant

mesmerized

jostle

denounce

misconstrue

Shopaholic abroad

hit off

measly

lean

overdraft

tangible

haul

batter

line up

pare down

skimp

dismay

lenient

stock up

to have/develop a good rapport with smb

to get one’s bearings

Shopaholic ties the knot

fizz

surge

flair

abashed

plaintive

swarm

ingrained

wistful

whip

dote

squashy

mollified

dither

fluster

surreptitious

hitch

loophole

eventuality

savour

relish

salvage

sham

envisage

marshal

The Press

salacious

voracious

sibling

delve

ogle

harrowing

hapless

flawed

crass

besmirch

jeopardize

hallmark

gloat

liaison

freelance

muckraking

discreet

harass

fraud

lowbrow

prurient

Bill’s eyes

smudge

wet blanket

to put one’s mind to smth

limp

suspense

verify

The Emergency Ward

reminiscent

infirmity

wheedle

sage

penitent

convivial

vexatious

antidote

disheveled

aggravate

duped

relentlessly

supplicating

misconstrue

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