study; research; investigation
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
curiosity; inquisitiveness
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
came here; coming here; recently
turmoil; chaos; confusion
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to be worried; to be troubled
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
irrational (line of) argument
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
crazy; mad; devoid of reason