elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to apologize; to apologise
to complain; to make a complaint
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
double suicide; lovers' suicide
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
(period of) a year; during an era
in the same manner as before; the same as always
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
understood; I see; OK; present; here
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
retreating figure; appearance from behind
grey (gray); gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to