personage; person (deserving of respect)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
trouble; bother; annoyance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to gather; to collect; to assemble
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
student (esp. a university student)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(period of) a year; during an era
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
studies; schoolwork; classwork
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
system; institution; organization; organisation
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
few decades; many decades; several decades
while; during (the time when)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
several people; a few people
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
a few years ago; some years back
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them