certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
sympathy; compassion; pity
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
study group; study meeting
past (exam) question collection
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
at someone's (something's) mercy
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
how; in what way; by what means
minimum; at the very least
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to spend time (on doing something)
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
annual (plant); first-year student
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
classic (work, esp. book); the classics