taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
summer vacation; summer holiday
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
form; shape; figure; visage
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
villain; baddie; the villain's part
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to throw into; to toss into
settlement; solution; resolution
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
image data; graphics data; digital image
in the morning; during the morning
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood