hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
concealment; suppression; hiding
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
not necessarily so; is not always true
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
newspaper story (article, account)
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
shopping; purchased goods
journal; magazine; periodical
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
not limited to; not just ...
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
showcase; display case; vitrine
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
100,000; hundred thousand