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admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation

3

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

3

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

16

simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

1

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

1

consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

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provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling

2

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

5

negative; minus

1

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

1

to distinguish between; to tell the difference between

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

7

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

5

material; physical

1

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

2

the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)

1

jurisdiction; control

1

several days later

1

progress; advance; making (good) progress

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

1

debate

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

1

recital; recitation; public reading

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

few days

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

2

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

4

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

3

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

1

knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance

1

then; if so; if

2

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

2

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

2

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

should not; must not

2

if it's the case

1

understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom

1

definite; sure

4

classifying in patterns; typification

1

to run about; to rush about

2