professor; teaching; instruction
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
selection; choice; picking out
those (near the second person)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(committee) chairman; president
competent; suitable; qualified
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
recommendation; referral; endorsement
life; living; I; me; student
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
preface; introduction; preamble
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
sanity; consciousness; soberness
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
bombshell announcement (statement)
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually