alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
(period of) a year; during an era
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
just a minute; small quantity
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to be helpful; to be useful
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
study; diligence; discount; reduction
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
tool; implement; means; furniture
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
study; research; investigation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
professor; teaching; instruction
in the following manner; as follows
to state; to express; to mention