November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
decision; settlement; definition
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
estimate (of costs); budget
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
club activities; extracurricular activities
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
hospitalization; hospitalisation
spring break; spring vacation
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
electricity; (electric) light
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth