school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
top university; leading university; first-rate university
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
company; corporation; workplace
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
such; like that; that sort of; very
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
amount of money; sum of money
large amount of money; great cost
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
it is not (like that) either
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
several minutes; a few minutes
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of