University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
flight; desertion; escape
to knock down; to utterly defeat
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
ideal; ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring)
crystal structure; crystalline structure
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
as; because; with; due to
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown