school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
level; standard; water level
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
choices; alternatives; options
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to flare up; to burst into flames
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
self-control; self-restraint
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
similar words; words of similar meaning; synonym
general; popular; common; typical
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
as (for); for; in the capacity of
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion