to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
unusual; serious; incomparable
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
educator; teacher; educationalist
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
simply; merely; only; solely
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
already; now; no longer; not any more
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
working adult; full-fledged member of society
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
failure; mistake; blunder
senior high school student
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
proper; respectable; decent; honest
job; work; duties; trade; skill
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
class disruption (e.g. due to discipline problems); classroom chaos
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to become pale; to turn pale
somehow; for some reason or other
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with