admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
new life; fresh start; new routine
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
educational institution; school; academy; campus
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
moment; brief space of time
foreign; abroad; overseas
training school; vocational school
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
one large ...; a great ...
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty