essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
foreword; preface; introduction; postscript
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
study; research; investigation
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
small number; few; minority
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
number of copies; circulation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
reprint; reprinting; second edition
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but