second year of high school; second-year high-school student
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
annual (plant); first-year student
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
decision; settlement; definition
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
the following week; the next week
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
that is to say; so that means
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to spread; to be propagated
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to begin; to set about; to start
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)