competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
in the morning; during the morning
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
common use; communal use; sharing
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
results; record; grades; marks
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
suitable; appropriate; fitting; appropriately; accordingly; as required
review (of learned material); revision
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
study; pursuit of knowledge
relation; connection; relevance
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well