excursion; field trip; school trip
parliament building; parliament house; National Diet Building (Japan); (US) Capitol; Houses of Parliament; National Assembly building
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
matcha; powdered green tea
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
participation; joining; entry
I doubt it (card game); cheat; bluff; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
questions and answers; dialogue
reopening; resumption; restarting
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off