exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
ago; since; before; previous
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
club activities; extracurricular activities
morning training (e.g. before school)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
letter; missive; note; mail
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
in the end; at the end of the day
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook