first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to complain; to make a complaint
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
right in the middle (of); midst; height
superintendent of education
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
such ... as; or some such
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
new student; freshman; first-year student
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
mass communication; mass media
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to some extent; to a certain extent
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
powerful person; influential person
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
guardians; parents; father and older brother
while; during (the time when)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)