staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
calls and sounds made by insects
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
system; institution; organization; organisation
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
place; situation; position; location
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
outside of; not covered by
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
results; record; grades; marks
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
right to choose; a say; option
site; point on a map; spot
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
at that time; in those days
good wife and wise mother
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
rising; ascending; climbing
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment