achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
genuine; authentic; true; real
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
either way; in any case; one way or another
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
overnight; since last night
competition for better work
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
holding out a little longer
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
opposite side; opposition
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs