to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); scrutiny (of budget requests, etc.); revision (of a budget)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
review (of learned material); revision
wrong answer; answering wrongly; giving a wrong answer
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
correct answer; answering correctly; giving a correct answer
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
to boost; to force up; to push up
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
putting into operation; invocation
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback