trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to straighten up; to sit upright
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
naturally; of course; understandably
to launch a surprise attack
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
surname; family name; last name
graduation ceremony; commencement
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
it's not like; it isn't as if
to rebuke; to scold harshly
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
breakdown of negotiations
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
subject (of study); course of study; department (of a university)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
successful candidate; successful applicant; person who has passed an exam
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
results (of a study or investigation)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
several items; many items
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
(beyond the) limits; scope; boundary
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup