ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to look daggers at someone; to be angry
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to think constantly about; to dwell on
roadside tree; row of trees
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
endless; boundless; everlasting
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
having various interests; wide range of interests
subtracting points; points deducted
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to push (something) against
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
very much; very many; more and more
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps