expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
record high; all-time high
creation; Creation (by God)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
real thing; original; actual
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
personal combat; one-to-one fight
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
knowing; (an) acquaintance
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
true state; actual condition; reality
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp