recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
after school (at the end of the day)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
natural; reasonable; understandable
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
dryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to watch steadily; to stare
willpower; energy; vitality
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate