(committee) chairman; president
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
educational institution; school; academy; campus
school of one's (first, second) choice
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
study; diligence; discount; reduction
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
tendency; trend; inclination
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
club activities; extracurricular activities
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise