school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
annual (plant); first-year student
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
looking on (somebody) as hostile
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities
immediately; right away; on the spot
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
home area; home town; local
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
student (esp. a university student)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat