natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
several sheets (flat objects)
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
body; physical system; (the) person
to rock; to shake; to swing
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to shake; to sway; to waver
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
senior high school; high school
second-year student; biennial
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to have a talk; to tell a story
to count on one's fingers
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
and yet; though; when; in spite of
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate