stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
to get between; to be caught in
postcard; memo; note; card
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
subscriber; reader; admirer
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
thoroughly; through and through
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
finish; completion; the end
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
by all means; by all costs
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to gather strength; to take heart
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away