intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
for today; for the time being
to understand the essence; to catch the main points
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
virtue; charm; merit; good point
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
affected part; diseased part; wound
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
ectogenesis; outside the body
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis; decisive moment
form; shape; figure; morph
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
to press a question; to cross-examine
throughout; all through; right through
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to have an idea; to have a clue
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
spy; secret agent; spying
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
common use; communal use; sharing