super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
item; something that one "just has to have"
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to thrust before; to thrust at
human relations; personal relationships
from the beginning; from scratch
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
different planet; another planet
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
to subsist; to keep on living
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
definitive piece; definitive (authoritative) edition; last word
assertion; declaration; affirmation
literally; to the letter; literal
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
as a child; when one was a child