digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to throw into; to toss into
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
position; location; base; point; site
mountain range; mountain belt
in order; in turn; one by one