to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
opening ceremony (of the school term)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
without cause; without reason
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
how others look at you; what others think about you
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
important point; strategic position; key point
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
split; division; break up
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to happen to meet; to come across
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
profitable plan; good plan
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to stiffen; to become stiff
to speak; to hear a voice
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous