stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
firmly rooted; deep-seated
fate; chance; relationship; tie
long-established; old-established; traditional
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
young lover of an older woman; boy toy
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
race (of people); type of person
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
wrapped package; bale; wicker trunk; wicker luggage
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes