theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
wish; desire; ambition; choice
changing lanes; lane change; change of course; changing one's field of study
designated school recommendation; recommendation for admission from a school designated by the university
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school
putting into operation; invocation
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
inheritance; something given or received
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
partition; room divider; partition (on a disk)
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
cheating (on an examination); cribbing