difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
pre-war days; before the war
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
military forces; hosts; troops
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
the lower classes; the common people
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
a long time (since the last time)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
pride; dignity; self-respect
unicellular organism; monad
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
manners; courtesy; etiquette
rational; logical; coherent
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
glad countenance; joyful look
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
difficult problem; challenge
to prostrate oneself before
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising