public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
question sheet; question paper
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
drama; theatre; theater; play
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
compilation; editing; recording
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
original story; original version; this volume
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
it's been a long time; long time no see
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
(something) fickle; (something) very changeable
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework