cooperation;  collaboration
 to refuse;  to reject;  to inform;  to give notice;  to ask leave;  to excuse oneself (from)
 to return;  to come home;  to leave;  to get home;  to get to home plate
 progress;  being under way
 gender;  distinction of sex;  sex
 August;  eighth month of the lunar calendar
 fifteenth day of the month;  fifteen days
 birth;  birthplace;  born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
 entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
 learning;  scholarship;  study;  study of ...;  -ology;  -ics
 on the way;  en route;  in the middle of;  midway;  halfway
 discovery;  detection;  finding
 annual;  yearly;  year (e.g. of graduation);  nth year (e.g. student);  order by year
 absorption;  giving undivided attention;  devoting oneself (to)
 laboratory;  seminar room;  professor's office
 professor;  teaching;  instruction
 beginning;  start;  first (in line, etc.);  origin;  such as ...;  not to mention ...
 exceedingly;  extremely;  decisively
 next;  hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence);  order;  sequence
 death;  mortality;  to die;  to pass away
 still;  yet;  more;  still more;  as ...;  like ...
 thesis;  essay;  treatise;  paper;  article
 large;  big;  great;  prominent;  -sized;  as big as;  university
 student (esp. a university student)
 preservation;  conservation;  storage;  saving (e.g. to disk)
 server;  (cake) server;  (water) dispenser;  server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
 state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.);  province (e.g. Canada);  continent; (arch.)  dear
 attending (school, college, etc.);  being enrolled;  being a student
 hour;  o'clock;  (specified) time;  when ...;  during ...
 detailed;  full;  minute;  knowing very well;  knowledgeable (about);  well-acquainted (with)
 somehow;  for some reason;  without knowing why
 admission;  incorporation;  enlistment;  enrollment
 approximately;  about;  promise;  appointment;  shortening;  reduction
 book;  document;  calligraphy (esp. Chinese);  penmanship;  handwriting;  letter
 presentation (of documents);  submission (of an application, report, etc.);  production (e.g. of evidence);  introduction (e.g. of a bill);  filing;  turning in
 several weeks;  a few weeks
 to disappear;  to vanish;  to bolt;  to go into hiding
 roughly;  approximately;  round about;  cursorily;  briefly;  quickly
 at present;  currently;  so far;  for now;  for the time being