academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling