system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
annual (plant); first-year student
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
you (plural); all of you; you all
single word; a few words; brief comment
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
(someone else's) daughter
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
there being no use in arguing (about it)
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
useless; vain; aimless; idle
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize