practice; practising; training; study
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
to intend; to be sure that
regular user; person who favors (favours) (something)
schoolgirl; female student
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
lecture hall; lecture theatre; auditorium
sense of unity; sense of oneness
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
accession to the throne; enthronement
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
looking on (somebody) as hostile
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
just as one was told; like she (he) said
candy; sweet; confectionary
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
to think of; to come up with
strange occurrence; unusual occurrence; unexpected occurrence; grave and unexpected occurrence
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
after school (at the end of the day)