useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
blow; shock; strike; batting
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
that day; the very same day
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
future (usually near); prospects