distributing; dealing out; apportionment
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
exclusive; attached to; specialist
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
simplification; facilitation; becoming easy
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
advantage; advantage (in soccer, rugby, etc.); advantage rule; advantage (in tennis)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
encouragement; cheering on
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
running alongside; pacesetting; accompanying
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
subjects of the examination
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit