challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
heading; headline; index; headword
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
firm; unshakeable; resolute
(social) position; status
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
ambitious; motivated; willful
serialization; serialisation; serial story
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
general-interest magazine
television program; TV program
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
even though; despite; when
future (usually near); prospects
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
writing (e.g. as a profession)
to mix; to stir; to blend
prejudice; bias; distorted view
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
comparatively; relatively
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to fiddle with; to play with
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
way of speaking; intimation
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close