skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to give a broad grin; to smirk
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
such; this sort of; like this
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
based on; on the basis of
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to thrust before; to thrust at
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
moron; idiot; stupid person
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to refuse; to decline; to deny
preschool education; early childhood education