boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to ask; to enquire; to query
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to spread; to be propagated
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
message; informative matter
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to have time free; to have time to spare
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
stairs; stairway; staircase
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
hello; good day; good afternoon
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
intelligence or information network
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath