New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
study; diligence; discount; reduction
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
club activities; extracurricular activities
end of term; end of semester
review (of learned material); revision
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to smile (at); to grin (at)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
study group; study meeting
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
foreign; abroad; overseas
three persons; three parties
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
elopement; running away with a lover
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
pupil; student; schoolchild
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
missing someone; loathing to part
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
deadly serious; deadly earnest
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
depending on; dependent on
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)