arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
businessman; industrialist
older brother; elder brother
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
results; record; grades; marks
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
senior high school; high school
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
finding employment; getting a job
video game (played on a home console)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
foreign; abroad; overseas
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
dropout; quitter; deserter
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to have one's name entered (in a list)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
birth; creation; formation
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to continue to do; to persist in doing
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view