job; work; duties; trade; skill
occupation; calling; livelihood
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to compete with; to vie for
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
putting into operation; invocation
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
to surge; to well up; to gush out
while; during; while; although; all; both
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
elementary level; beginner level
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
how long; how far; how much
probability; likelihood; chances
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion