admission (to a school); entrance; enrolment; enrollment
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to be hesitant; to feel timid
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
how many years; how long; what year
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
skeptical; sceptical; incredulous
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
future; possible; potential; prospective
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
number of persons; personnel
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
on-the-job training; hands-on training
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
meaning; connotation; denotation
sense of values; values; value system
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
build; physique; frame; constitution
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
steel; sword steel; sword
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)