division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
guardian; protector; patron; parent
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
just because; even if; even though
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
not necessarily so; is not always true
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
ratio; proportion; percentage
choices; alternatives; options
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
society; public; community; social studies
difficult to ...; hard to ...
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
student (esp. a university student)
one end; an end; part; fragment
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
reopening; resumption; restarting
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before