to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
the whole year; all the year
reduction; diminution; abatement
polite; courteous; hospitable
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
national defence; national defense
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to keep a watchful eye on
cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
unable to resist; unable to suppress
intimacy; affection; familiarity
Japanese person; Japanese people
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook