library; book collection; paperback book
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
publishing house; publishing office
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
press officer; press secretary
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
shopping; purchased goods
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
prospects of victory; chances of success
to move (house); to change residence
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
memory; sense; experience
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)