superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
study; pursuit of knowledge
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
many; a lot; much; multitude
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
no matter how much time passes
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
dwelling; house; residence; address
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
school building; schoolhouse
scenery; scene; landscape
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
several years; a few years
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
bathing (swimming) in cold water
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age