to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
assertion; declaration; affirmation
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
school festival; campus festival
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
excursion; field trip; school trip
free time; time at leisure
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
named after; associated with; connected with
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
(period of) a year; during an era
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
calm; composed; leisurely
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to talk big; to be bombastic
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
to serve; to work for; to attend