to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
success or failure; outcome; result
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to pile up; to accumulate
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
what is called; what they call; so-called
wood-free paper; woodfree paper; fine paper; free sheet paper
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
colour; color; hue; tints
plate; illustration; figure
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
computer-scored answer sheet; optical answer sheet; scantron; bubble sheet
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
posing a question; question
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
second (unit of time); arc second
within; inside of; less than
one by one; each; every; at intervals of