to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
security guard; doorkeeper
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
memory; sense; experience
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
pupil; student; schoolchild
interference; meddling; butting in
memory; ability to remember
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
store; reserve; stock; savings
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
hint; intimation; suggestion; inkling
guess; conjecture; surmise
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
another time; some other time