having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
school grades; academic results
use; utilization; utilisation; application
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
entrance examination for selected candidates (who have been recommended to the university)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
how; in what way; how about
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
illumination; decorative lighting
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
as if it were about oneself
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
such; like that; that sort of; very
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
such; this sort of; like this
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
in that way; thus; so; so?
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
I see; that's right; indeed
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate