summer vacation; summer holiday
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
school festival; campus festival
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
movie; film; motion picture
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
number of days (times) one has attended
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
individual; private person; personal; natural person
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to move (house); to change residence
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
don't you think?; indicates question
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
question; inquiry; enquiry
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)