to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
third-year student; third-year pupil
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
school rules; school regulations
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
as (for); for; in the capacity of
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
pride; boast; credit (to)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
all present; all concerned; all of us