which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
theological school; seminary
results; record; grades; marks
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
to serve; to work for; to attend
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
simply; merely; only; solely
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to return a favor (favour); to repay
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
to be intimate with; to befriend
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)