is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
considerably; fairly; quite
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
number one; first; best; most; game; round
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
university entrance examination
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)