outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
to correct oneself; to restate
composed expression; clear face
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to be manageable; to be able to handle
in this way; along these lines; similarly
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
invitation; introduction; temptation
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to have troubles; to have concerns
everyday life; daily life
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
normalcy; normality; normal