competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
when it becomes; when it comes to
in history; ever; historical
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
piece; fragment; one (object)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
I see; that's right; indeed
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")