France; French (language)
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
earth science; geoscience
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
practice test; practice exam; mock exam
correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education
study; learning; tutorial
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
free-form (answer, etc.); essay style
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
loser; owner of a lost article
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
flustered; confused; panicked
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
dispersal; scattering; discrete
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)