circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
free time; time at leisure
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
at first; initially; in the beginning
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
so; like this; in this way
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to collapse into; to flop onto
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
third day of the month; three days
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
society; public; community; social studies
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
progress; advance; improvement; development
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become possible; to become able to (do)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
in one's own way or style
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
results; record; grades; marks
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat