diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
bright person; talented student; prodigy
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
decorum; propriety; politeness
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
heir; inheritor; successor
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to order; to command; to appoint
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
private tutor; coach; governess
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
hostility; animosity; enmity
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
older brother; elder brother
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
study; pursuit of knowledge
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased