self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
one's school; school one attends or works at; driving school
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
writing down; taking notes; notes; writings; written examination; written test
what do you want?; can I help you?
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
previously presented; already shown; previously posed (exam question); aforementioned
to become inverted; to become reversed
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
simple honesty; tactless frankness
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
confused; flustered; at a loss
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness