academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to join together; to combine; to join up
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
duo (ancient Chinese bell with a clapper and a long handle); large wind bell
the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
while; even though; despite
waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
sorry; excuse me; thank you
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
instant; moment; for an instant
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
just a minute; small quantity
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion