photography; taking photographs
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
home; household; family; hearth
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
consideration; taking into account
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
still; even now; to this day
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
school building; schoolhouse
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to gather; to collect; to assemble
massing (of troops); gathering
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to put up (a notice); to post
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
at the window; by the window; next to the window
frontmost; a short time ago; a little while ago; just now
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)