bet; wager; stake; gamble
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
outside world; physical world
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
tradition; legend; folklore
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
school rules; school regulations
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
reigning; controlling; dictating
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many