calm before the storm; lull before the storm
with a broad grin; smirking
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
in perfect form; going swimmingly
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
since; henceforth; ever since
first third of a month; first ten days of a month
graduation ceremony; commencement
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
timewise; temporal; chronal
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
examination results; test result; test outcome
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
replication (of an experiment); verification (of experimental results); reproduction; supplementary examination; makeup exam
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes