to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
nausea; sickness in the stomach
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
intelligence; intellect; brains
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to be surprised; to be astonished
(not) even once; (not) ever
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
factorization; factorisation
tenth day of the month; ten days
observation; survey; watching
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)