calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
classbook; yearbook; graduation album
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
(very) patient; persevering
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
human kindness; human weakness
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
government worker; public servant; civil servant
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
since one was born; (in) all one's life
great laughter; burst of laughter
number; number plate; license plate
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
script; screenplay; scenario
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally