teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
chair; stool; post; office; position
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
(enter into, be in) a state of war
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
student (esp. a university student)