listening device; bug; wiretap
(television, radio, etc.) receiver
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
not a pretty sight; appalling; not a good look
to watch over; to watch attentively
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
long-established; old-established; traditional
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
smoothly; easily; readily
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
antiquity; the previous era
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
avian influenza; bird flu
common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna; myna bird
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
popular person; favorite; favourite
in that way; like that; that way
centre of attention; center of attention
haughty; holding one's head high
previous engagement; prior contract
to be greedy; to devour greedily