proposal; offer; request; application
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes
qualifications of candidacy for an examination
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
vomiting blood; hematemesis
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
unfairness; injustice; partiality
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
striking; remarkable; considerable
to grow up; to become an adult
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
time; season; period; phase; stage
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)