active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
amount of money; sum of money
finding employment; getting a job
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
rising; ascending; climbing
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
place; situation; position; location
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
this (very thing); this precisely
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to stiffen; to become stiff
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound