waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
reception room; parlor; parlour
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
close to the wall; alongside the wall
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
person concerned; interested party; related party
attendance; presence; appearance
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
interview (e.g. for a job)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
anonymity; using an assumed name
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
imprisonment; incarceration
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious