lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
popular person; favorite; favourite
to live; to make a living; to get on with
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
second-year student; biennial
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to feel depressed; to be down
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
no photographs; no photography
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
electricity; (electric) light
street; quarter; district; area
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
photography; taking photographs
to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
writing; composition; essay; sentence