focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
to trace back to (the origins of something)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
at a moment's notice; readily
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to tear off; to strip; to rob
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
senior high school; high school
female high-school student
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
surface of a board or record
to be opposite; to face each other
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking