to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
bento; Japanese box lunch
existence; being; life; survival
probability; likelihood; chances
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
planning; plan; project; arrangements
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
library; book collection; paperback book
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful