advanced level; high grade; senior
to run around; to bustle about
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
considerably; fairly; quite
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
witnessing; observing; sighting
grasp; catch; understanding
remembrance; recollection; recognition
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
trauma (usu. psychological)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
continuation; succession; series
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation