professor; teaching; instruction
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
material (data) for one's research; research material
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
conference room; council room
space (room, area, outer space)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
jokingly; in the form of a joke
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
study; research; investigation
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
every year; yearly; annually
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
indicate reason; infers some protest
composite; combined; complex
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
counter for books; volume
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
addition; annexation; appendage
true state; actual condition; reality
indeed; really; truly; very much
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to take (be in) charge of
wicked tongue; abusive language
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure