department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
match; game; bout; contest
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
results; record; grades; marks
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
to increase in value; to gain prestige
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to spread; to be propagated
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to spit out; to eject; to dump
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; GATT
to overflow from something full
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
each and all; every single one; everybody
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful