telecommunications standard
property; fortune; assets
handbook; manual; guide; primer
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
student in a lower grade; underclassman
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
to indicate; to show; to point to
not necessarily so; is not always true
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
memory; sense; experience
festival merrymaking; revelry
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation