finding employment; getting a job
eccentric; crank; oddball
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
to encamp; to take up positions
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
since when; from when; how long
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
the same generation; coeval
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
(period of) a year; during an era
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
you (plural); all of you; you all
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses; reclining dragon
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)