notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
-less; lacking; non-existing
root; joint; base; crotch
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
vocal sound; tone of voice
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
along; parallel to; in accordance with
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
sunlight filtering through trees
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
due form; official; formality
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
alone; unaided; away from home
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
billboard; advertising sign
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
to become very angry; to be furious; to fly into a rage