book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
information; experience; knowledge; observation
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
chair; stool; post; office; position
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
considerably; greatly; a lot
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
cannot be compared with; no match for
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
and then; and so; and; so then
killing time; staving off boredom
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
nature; property; disposition
to some extent; to a certain extent
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
time; hour; period; class
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour