person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
polish; improvement; burnishing
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to finish; to end; to close
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to have a talk; to tell a story
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
main purpose; primary objective
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
intermission (between acts); interlude
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person