declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
closing of a school; closed school
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
such; like that; that sort of; very
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
annual (plant); first-year student
to accept; to receive; to agree
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
surname; family name; last name
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
synthesized voice; synthesized speech
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
just a minute; small quantity
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
release; emission; ejection
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
loud laughter; roaring with laughter