monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
second year (college) student; sophomore
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
pupil; student; schoolchild
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to blow through; to blow across
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
birth; creation; formation
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
regret; repentance; remorse
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to sniff out; to get wind of
although I say; although one might say; although called
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in