thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
time; season; period; phase; stage
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
tension; mental strain; nervousness
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to add (e.g. a postscript)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
chronological order; time series
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
look!; there!; here!; that is
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
nonchalantly; unconcernedly; casually
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
satellite in geosynchronous orbit
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
within Earth's atmosphere; inner space
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
form; method; system; formula
development; exploitation
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)