especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
this school; the school in question
power; authority; jurisdiction
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
revealing talk; insider talk; inside story
self-control; self-restraint
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
preparations for returning (home)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
to be the ruin of (a person)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)