tedious; boring; being fed up with
school rules; school regulations
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
class teacher; homeroom teacher; home room teacher; form teacher
doctors; teachers; lawyers
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback (to a battle); going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
decorum; propriety; politeness
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
to be greedy; to devour greedily
homeroom; form room; form class
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing; manifesting
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
being elected; winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)
rave reviews; extremely high praise
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless