question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
indeed; really; truly; very much
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
genius; prodigy; natural gift
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
flood of emotions; many thoughts
what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up