taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
(committee) chairman; president
annual (plant); first-year student
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
something like ...; something called ...
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
servant; manservant; menial
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
(period of) a year; during an era
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
maintenance; preservation; improvement
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
while; during (the time when)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
wide difference; a world of difference