center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
middle and high-school students
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
progress; advance; improvement; development
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
settlement; solution; resolution
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent