marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
report card; result sheet
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
minimum; at the very least
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
in succession; one by one
to become clear; to be made public
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
(not) even once; (not) ever
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to go out and away; to leave
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start