university library; college library
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
since the dawn of history
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to pile up; to accumulate
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
just the other day; quite recently
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
the same generation; coeval
to tower above; to stand out
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
spite; frustration; vexation
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to rule; to govern; to administer
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to run about; to rush about
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to rush back; to run back