assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
invitation; introduction; temptation
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
clerk; office worker; office staff
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
ghostwriter; ghost writer
(not saying anything) no matter what
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to pluck; to pick; to tear
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
common mushroom (Agaricus bisporus); white mushroom
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to solicit; to demand; to extort
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (of a ship); forefoot
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode