(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
type of occupation; occupational category
job; work; duties; trade; skill
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
meaning; significance; sense
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
in this way; thus; such; uh...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to say; to be called; to do
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
difference; variation; difference
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
pupil; student; schoolchild