to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
life; living; I; me; student
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
outward appearance; looks
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
main cause; primary factor
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
number one; first; best; most; game; round
results; record; grades; marks
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
that; the matter in question
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to approach; to draw near
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
perfect; complete; flawless
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel