time; season; period; phase; stage
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
to accept; to receive; to agree
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
winter vacation; winter holidays
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
system; institution; organization; organisation
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
life; living; I; me; student
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
(special) vocational school
just as one was told; like she (he) said
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
transfer student; student changing schools
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
relation; connection; relevance