to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to watch intently; to stare
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
popular name; common name; given name
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
study; pursuit of knowledge
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
head of the student council; president of the student council
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; heart rate; house of representatives
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
blank space; margin; blank canvas
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
(period of) a year; during an era
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
in the morning; during the morning