ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
call; summons; convening; convocation
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
summer vacation; summer holiday
tedious; boring; being fed up with
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
like a decent person; human
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
intelligence gathering; information gathering
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important