score points <game> / compete for marks <at school>

keep *someone sweet / get on the right side of *someone / please *someone

saying pretty things to *someone / pleasing *someone / bootlicking *someone / getting on the right side of *someone / keeping *someone sweet / adulation / currying favor with *someone / making up to *someone / flattering *someone / apple-polishing / flattery

keep *someone sweet / get on the right side of *someone / please *someone

competition haiku

competition haiku

<<studious person>> grinder / <<studious person>> plugger / <<studious person>> grind / <<studious person>> swot

plugger / grinder

natural afforestation

natural wood