sympathy; empathy; response
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
primary school; elementary school; grade school
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be intimate with; to befriend
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to rule; to govern; to administer
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
creation; Creation (by God)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
respect and affection; love and respect
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn