homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; heart rate; house of representatives
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
document; official papers
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
medical questionnaire; medical interview sheet; medical history form
questionnaire; survey; poll
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
commuter pass; season ticket
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
guardian; protector; patron; parent
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
one's family; family member
another's parent; another's parents
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to state; to express; to mention
future (usually near); prospects
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to lose face; to be disgraced
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing