stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
student (esp. a university student)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to collect; to assemble; to gather
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
beginning; outset; first; onset
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
at once; immediately; right now
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
recommendation; referral; endorsement
school grades; academic results
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
designated school recommendation; recommendation for admission from a school designated by the university
tradition; legend; folklore
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)