advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
right in the middle (of); midst; height
highlighter; highlighter pen
soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
brush cleaner; brush cleaning; brush washing; writing brush washer
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
light color; light colour
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
one edge; one end; one side
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
motherland; fatherland; native country
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
on the occasion of; at the time of
all but dead; half killed
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something