examination results; test result; test outcome
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
confusion; mixing; merger
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
marking; grading; scoring
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
one after another; in succession
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to come to mind; to pop into one's head