repayment; refund; payback
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
fourth year (college) student; senior
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
new student; freshman; first-year student
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
fundamental academic skills; expected basic knowledge (of a subject)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
discriminatory; discriminative
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
remaining silent; keeping secret
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
uninhabited island; desert island
smallish; on the small side
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to throw up; to vomit; to divulge; to reveal; to confess
ninja throwing knives; mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility