to keep to oneself; to keep secret
experiential; empirical; experimental
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be erected; to be built
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
failing to recognize someone; underestimation
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
long (time); protracted; prolonged
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation