to hand over; to surrender
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to have a talk; to tell a story
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
the other day; a few days ago
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
(not) even once; (not) ever
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...