mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
sixth day of the month; six days
schedule; program; programme; agenda
second day of the month; two days
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to rock; to shake; to swing
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
adverse circumstances; adversity
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to yield to temptation; to succumb
(not) even once; (not) ever
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
complexion; colour; color; blood red
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent