(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
to prostrate oneself before
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
from the beginning; from scratch
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
drawing a tile from the wall; win with a self-drawn tile; winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles
encouragement; urging; spurring on
to have one's horizons broadened
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
level of popularity (with the opposite sex); degree of attractiveness
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
end of term; end of semester
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)