steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
of course; certainly; naturally
at that time; in those days
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
boy; son; baby boy; young man
pride; dignity; self-worth