near; close; beside; third person
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
great difference; big difference; wide margin
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
March; third month of the lunar calendar
ill will; malice; evil intent
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
two classes; double; two sets
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
number of days (times) one has attended
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
supplementary examination
to rank next to; to come after
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
spring break; spring vacation
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
both; both sides; both parties
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)