execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
senior high school student
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
study; learning; tutorial
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
clothes; clothing; garments
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)