reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
school building; schoolhouse
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
high achiever; student with good academic results
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
insula; ancient Roman apartment building; inside slider
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
student (esp. a university student)
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
for a change; for variety's sake
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
licking one's lips (at the sight of appetizing food); licking one's lips (in anticipation); waiting eagerly (for); salivating (e.g. at the thought)
in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
(providing) covering fire; supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up
one group; one squad; group one; squad one; entire group; entire squad
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
obsession; compulsive idea
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order