bright person; talented student; prodigy
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to attack; to assault; to assail
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
marking; grading; scoring
to get angry; to lose one's temper
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
as (for); for; in the capacity of
poor result; bad record; failure
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation); nth year (e.g. student); order by year
changing one's academic course
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
had better ...; had better not ...
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
reality; actuality; hard fact
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to become inverted; to become reversed
honour; honor; glory; privilege
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
of course; certainly; naturally
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)