to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
looking into distance; watchtower; distant view
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
one's own work; making by oneself
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
fortune-telling; divination
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
wall newspaper; wall poster
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
sprinkling (water); watering (plants)
distinction; discrimination
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
(putting on the) airs of an official
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
boastful; bragging; conceited
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
point in question (at issue)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)