running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
cannot be compared with; no match for
true meaning; underlying principle
individual; one by one; separate; each
function; facility; faculty; feature
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
reigning; controlling; dictating
as was expected; sure enough
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
bed and food; eating and sleeping
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be related to someone by blood
and; thereupon; because of that
the more one looks (at it) the more...
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
potentiality; dormancy; latency
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
casual; indifferent; nonchalant
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
the whole mountain; all the mountains
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
official announcement; proclamation
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona