to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
desperately; for one's dear life
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
review (of learned material); revision
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
results; record; grades; marks
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
person of high rank or position
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
student (esp. a university student)
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
supplementary examination
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
Wouldn't It Be Loverly (song)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
about when; about what time; how soon
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
memory; sense; experience
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)